Vol. 42 (6): 1109-1120, November - December, 2016

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

doi: 10.1590/S1677-5538.IBJU.2015.0491

Prognostic features for quality of life after radical cystectomy and orthotopic neobladder _______________________________________________ Alexander Kretschmer 1, Tobias Grimm 1, Alexander Buchner 1, Christian G. Stief 1, Alexander Karl 1 1

Department of Urology, Ludwig - Maximilians - University, Munich, Germany

ABSTRACT ARTICLE INFO ______________________________________________________________

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Purpose: To analyse prognostic features on quality of life (QoL) following radical cystectomy and urinary diversion via orthotopic neobladder in a single-centre patient cohort. Materials and Methods: Postoperative QoL of 152 patients was assessed retrospectively using the validated QLQ-C30 questionnaire. Potential associations of patient’s quality of life including pre-and intraoperative characteristics, surgeon experience, postoperative time course, adjuvant therapies, and functional outcome were defined a priori and evaluated. Mann-Whitney-U-, Kruskal-Wallis-, Spearman correlation and post hoctesting were used. A multivariate analysis using a multiple logistic regression model was performed. A p value