Preoperative Pulmonary Embolism Does Not Predict Poor Postoperative Outcomes in Patients with Renal Cell Carcinoma and Venous Thrombus
Abel EJ, Wood CG, Eickstaedt N, Fang JE, Kenney P, Bagrodia A, Youssef RF, Sagalowsky AI, Margulis V. Preoperative Pulmonary Embolism Does Not Predict Poor Postoperative Outcomes in Patients with Renal Cell Carcinoma and Venous Thrombus. Journal Of Urology 2013, 190: 452-457. PMID: 23434945, DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2013.02.033.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPreoperative pulmonary embolismCancer-specific survivalRenal cell carcinomaPulmonary embolismPoor postoperative outcomesCell carcinomaSpecific survivalVenous thrombiPostoperative outcomesMetastatic renal cell carcinomaCox proportional hazards analysisWorse cancer-specific survivalConsecutive patient recordsHigh-level thrombusProportional hazards analysisHigher T stagePostoperative disease recurrencePerioperative mortalityMedian followupDisease recurrenceTumor thrombusT stageTertiary hospitalEarly mortalityMulticenter study