Defining factors associated with high-quality surgery following radical cystectomy : analysis of the British Association of Urological Surgeons cystectomy audit

Background\ud \ud Radical cystectomy (RC) is associated with high morbidity.\ud \ud \ud \ud Objective\ud \ud To evaluate healthcare and surgical factors associated with high-quality RC surgery.\ud \ud \ud \ud Design, setting, and participants\ud \ud Patients within the prospective British Association of Urological Surgeons (BAUS) registry between 2014 and 2017 were included in this study.\ud \ud \ud \ud Outcome measurements and statistical analysis\ud \ud High-quality surgery was defined using pathological (absence of positive surgical margins and a minimum of a level I lymph node dissection template with a minimum yield of ten or more lymph nodes), recovery (length of stay ≤10 d), and technical (intraoperative blood loss