ERAS® protocol improves survival after radical cystectomy: A single-center cohort study.François Crettenand, Olivier M’Baya, Nuno Grilo, Massimo Valerio, Florence Dartiguenave, Yannick Cerantola, Beat Roth, Jean-Daniel Rouvé, Catherine Blanc, Ilaria Lucca. Medicine. 2022 Sep 2;101(35):e30258 What is known: ERAS pathways have a number of clearly defined short-term benefits but there is emerging evidence that there could […]

Impact of analgesic techniques on early quality of recovery after prostatectomy: a 3‐arm, randomised trial. Beilstein CM, Huber M, Furrer MA, Löffel LM, Wuethrich PY, Engel D. European Journal of Pain. Epub 2022 Aug 12 What is already known: Analgesic strategies after prostatectomy vary international and nationally between institutions. Strategies include opiates, ketamine, clonidine and […]

Saum Ghodoussipour is a Urologic Oncologist and Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey and Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA. His clinical areas of expertise include complex open and robotic surgeries of the pelvis and retroperitoneum. This includes removal of the bladder (radical cystectomy) […]

Dr. Sia Daneshmand is currently Professor of Urology with Clinical Scholar designation and serves as director of clinical research as well as the urologic oncology (SUO) fellowship director at the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles. His main interests include bladder cancer, advanced kidney cancer and testicular cancer. He is a leading authority […]

Renal outcome after radical cystectomy and urinary diversion performed with restrictive hydration and vasopressor administration in the frame of an enhanced recovery program: A follow-up study of a randomized clinical trial. Wen Wu FM, Burkhard F, Turri F, Furrer M, Loeffel L, Thalmann G, Wuethrich P (2017) Renal outcome after radical cystectomy and urinary diversion performed with […]

Radical Cystectomy and GI complications Djaladat H, Daneshmand S. Gastrointestinal Complications in Patients Who Undergo Radical Cystectomy withEnhanced Recovery Protocol. Curr Urol Rep. 2016 Jul;17(7):50. What is already known: Gastro-intestinal complications are the most frequent after radical cystectomy – up to 30% of patients will experience major GI complications (including severe post-operative ileus requiring a nasogastric […]

ERAS for robotic assisted radical cystectomy surgery Collins JW, Adding C, Hosseini A, Nyberg T, Pini G, Dey L, Wiklund PN. Introducing an enhanced recovery programme to an established totally intracorporeal robot-assisted radical cystectomy service. Scand J Urol. 2016;50(1):39-46. What is already known: Radical cystectomy is a high risk procedure, with high morbidity and high readmission rates. […]

Quality Improvement in Cystectomy Care with Enhanced Recovery (QUICCER) study JE. Baack Kukreja, M Kiernan, B Schempp, A Siebert, A Hontar, B Nelson, J Dolan, K Noyes, A Dozier, A Ghazi, HH. Rashid, G Wu, EM. Messing. Quality Improvement in Cystectomy Care with Enhanced Recovery (QUICCER) study. British Journal of Urology International Volume 119, Issue […]