Patient selection
We retrospectively assessed data from patients who underwent RC with
pelvic lymphadenectomy and urinary diversion for BC recorded in the BC
database of the Urooncology Association, Turkey between 2007 and 2019.
All procedures were performed by 8 experienced surgeons from six
different institutions. RC with pelvic lymphadenectomy and urinary
diversion was performed for localized MIBC or non-muscle-invasive tumors
who \soutare were at highest risk of progression. The extensiveness of
pelvic lymphadenectomy and the type of urinary diversion was at
surgeons’ discretion. Patients with concurrent presence of upper urinary
tract carcinoma or/and the history of cancer other than bladder cancer
or/and patients underwent robotic assisted RC due to low number or/and
missing variables were excluded.