Correlation between malnutrition, body mass index and complications in patients with urinary bladder cancer who underwent radical cystectomy

Swalarz, Marta; Swalarz, Grzegorz; Juszczak, Kajetan; Maciukiewicz, Piotr; Czurak, Krzysztof; Matuszewski, Marcin; Gajewska, Dominika; Słojewski, Marcin; Bogacki, Rafał; Bryniarski, Piotr; Paradysz, Andrzej; Kadłubowski, Mateusz; Drewa, Tomasz; Genge, Ewa

doi:10.17219/acem/89863

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Correlation between malnutrition, body mass index and complications in patients with urinary bladder cancer who underwent radical cystectomy

Published in Advances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine • Aug 31, 2018

Authors:

Marta Swalarz

Grzegorz Swalarz

Kajetan Juszczak

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Nutrition is the 3rd most important factor in surgery, following anesthesia and asepsis. Until now, it has been a poorly explored field of urology. The relationship between malnutrition and postoperative complications has been proven beyond doubt in general surgery, where 30% of patients...

Subject

Medicine

Underweight

Body mass index

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