Abstract

  We compared the surgical outcomes in patients with or without pre-operative bowel preparation before laparoscopic radical cystectomy（LRC）and ileal urinary diversion（IUD）. All patients undergoing LRC and IUD between February 2010 and May 2014 were enrolled in this study. Seventeen patients who did not receive bowel preparation（NBP group）were compared with 17 who did（BP group）. The two groups showed a similar age, sex distribution, rate of diabetes mellitus, rate of history of abdominal surgery, and body mass index. The incidences of post-operative ileus were comparable between the two groups. Moreover, the groups did not show a significant difference regarding the frequency of post-operative complications. The median duration of hospital stay after surgery was 22 days in the NBP group, and 32 days in the BP group; however, there was no significant difference. Our results clearly demonstrated that LRC with IUD could be successfully performed without preoperative bowel preparation.