QUALITY OF LIFE AND LONG-TERM RESULTS OF RADICAL CYSTECTOMY IN PATIENTS WITH INVASIVE URINARY BLADDER CANCER

Abstract

The type of urinary derivation after radical cystectomy due to urinary bladder carcinoma may greatly influence quality of life of patients. The purpose of this study was to estimate influence of different types of urinary derivation after cystectomy upon lifetime and health-related quality of life of patients with invasive urinary bladder cancer.

Keywords

• cystectomy
• quality of life
• ureterocutaneostomy
• ureterosigmoidostomy
• urinary derivation