TY - JOUR AU - Moschini, Marco PY - 2017 TI - The impact of perioperative blood transfusion on survival outcomes in radical cystectomy patients JF - Translational Andrology and Urology; Vol 6, No 6 (December 15, 2017): Translational Andrology and Urology (Bladder Cancer: Genetics and Biomarker for Optimized Clinical Decision-making and Improved Outcomes) Y2 - 2017 KW - N2 - The impact of perioperative blood transfusion (BT) on survival outcomes has been reported in several urological and non-urological surgeries (1,2). Considering bladder cancer (BCa) patients, radical cystectomy (RC) with bilateral pelvic lymph node dissection represents the standard of care in muscle invasive and recurrent high risk non-muscle invasive disease (3). However, this procedure is related to a high risk of perioperative complications accounting for 50–60% of patients (4). In perspective, almost 30–65% of them need a perioperative BT as a direct consequence of tumor characteristics and complexity of the surgery (5). Preliminary data suggests that perioperative BT might have an impact on survival outcomes in RC patients (5). UR - https://tau.amegroups.org/article/view/17455