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The ileal neobladder in female patients with bladder cancer: long-term clinical, functional, and oncological outcome

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Abstract

Purpose

To assess long-term clinical and oncological outcome in women undergoing radical cystectomy and ileal neobladder reconstruction for invasive bladder cancer.

Methods

From 1995 to 2010, a total of 121 women with clinically organ-confined urothelial carcinoma underwent radical cystectomy with an orthotopic ileal neobladder. Median follow-up was 56 months. Clinical course, functional, pathological, and oncological outcome of these women were analyzed.

Results

Seventy-six patients (62.8%) experienced a complication of some type within 90 days of the procedure. 56 patients (46.3%) experienced minor complications, whereas 20 patients (16.5%) experienced major complications. Pathological subgroups included 70 patients (57.9%) with organ confined, lymph node-negative tumors, 24 (19.8%) with extravesical, lymph node-negative disease and 27 (22.3%) patients with lymph node-positive disease. The 5-year overall survival rate in patients with organ-confined (≤pT2, pN0), locally advanced (≥pT3, pN0), and metastatic disease was 80.2%, 81.9%, and 45.1%, respectively. 4 women (3.3%) experienced a local (pelvic) recurrence. One patient presented with a urethral recurrence (0.8%). Daytime and nighttime urinary continence (0–1 pad) was reported by 82.4 and 76.5%, respectively. Clean intermittent self-catheterization was required by 58.0%. The retrospective study design was the major limitation of the study.

Conclusions

Despite a considerable complication rate, radical cystectomy with orthotopic diversion in female patients with bladder cancer may be considered a standard therapeutic option for selected patients with excellent oncological outcome including a low incidence of local and urethral recurrence.

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    Florian Jentzmik, Andres J. Schrader, Robert de Petriconi, Robert Hefty, Johannes Mueller, Johannes Doetterl, Alexander Eickhoff & Mark Schrader

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Jentzmik, F., Schrader, A.J., de Petriconi, R. et al. The ileal neobladder in female patients with bladder cancer: long-term clinical, functional, and oncological outcome. World J Urol 30, 733–739 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00345-012-0837-x

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