Functional Status in Patients Requiring Nursing Home Stay After Radical Cystectomy.

Objective: To evaluate the ability to perform activities of daily living (ADLs) in patients who required nursing home (NH) care after radical cystectomy (RC), as this surgery can impair patients' ability to perform ADLs in the postoperative period.

Methods: Patients undergoing RC were identified in a novel database of patients with at least two NH assessments linked with Medicare inpatient claims. The NH assessment included the Minimum Data Set (MDS)-ADL Long Form (0-28; a higher score equals greater impairment), which quantifies ADLs.

Forty-Three-Year-Old Female with Dopamine Secreting Pheochromocytoma of the Adrenal Gland.

We report on a 43-year-old, asymptomatic female who presented with incidental finding of left adrenal mass. MRI gave concerns for possible pheochromocytoma but markers for pheochromocytoma were not elevated as expected. 24-hour urine dopamine levels (6988 g/day) were significantly elevated.

Comparative Perioperative Outcomes in Septuagenarians and Octogenarians Undergoing Radical Cystectomy for Bladder Cancer-Do Outcomes Differ?

Background: Treatment choice for muscle invasive bladder cancer continues to be radical cystectomy. However, radical cystectomy carries a relatively high risk of morbidity and mortality compared with other urological procedures.

Objective: To compare surgical complications following radical cystectomy in septuagenarians and octogenarians.

Feasibility and safety study for the use of wound protectors during robotic radical cystectomy and ileal conduit.

Robot-assisted laparoscopic radical cystectomy (RALRC) is increasingly being performed for the treatment of muscle-invasive bladder cancer. There is increased tension while performing the ureteroileal anastomosis through a small incision. Patients are at risk to suffer wound and skin complications perioperatively due to possible contamination with bowel contents.

Comparative survival following different treatment modalities for stage T2 bladder cancer in octogenarians.

Purpose: A higher rate of comorbidities and an anticipated higher operative risk in octogenarians may influence urologists in opting for less aggressive and less effective treatment modalities for muscle-invasive bladder cancer. This study was performed to compare survival after different treatment modalities in octogenarians with stage T2 bladder cancer.

Methods: Patients that were 80 years or older with a diagnosis of transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder were identified using the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results-17 registry database between 1988 and 2007.