Influence of Body Mass Index on Operability, Morbidity and Disease Outcome following Radical Cystectomy

Abstract

Increased BMI poses a greater challenge for surgical interventions such as radical cystectomy in bladder cancer patients. However, in our series, intra- and postoperative morbidity was not significantly elevated in OW patients. Overall survival was not reduced in OW compared to NW patients. Therefore, elevated BMI is not an exclusion criterion for radical cystectomy in bladder cancer patients.