Risk factors for concomitant involvement of the female urethra at cystectomy for malignancy.

To examine the risk factors for urethral involvement in female patients after cystectomy for malignancy, a retrospective review of the records of 22 females treated with cystectomy for primary bladder malignancy were examined and analyzed with respect to presence of urethral involvement, tumor location, pathologic stage, tumor grade, lymph node status, and histologic cell type of the cancer. Of the 22 patients studied, three (13.6%) had urethral involvement in the pathologic specimens.