RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 374 Incidence of post-op urinary tract infections after routine cystoscopy in minimally invasive robotic gynecologic cancer surgery
JF International Journal of Gynecologic Cancer
JO Int J Gynecol Cancer
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP A154
OP A155
DO 10.1136/ijgc-2019-IGCS.374
VO 29
IS Suppl 3
A1 K Kleinberg
A1 JS Saldivar
YR 2019
UL http://ijgc.bmj.com/content/29/Suppl_3/A154.2.abstract
AB Objectives The aim of this study is to investigate the incidence of post-op infections after routine cystoscopy in robotic-assisted gynecologic cancer surgery and to compare the rate to reported incidence of similar surgeries without the use of routine cystoscopy.Methods Retrospective study utilizing a single gynecologic oncologist’s database (July 1, 2017 to January 30, 2019) in which routine cystoscopy was performed to detect urinary tract injury following robotic total hysterectomies (RTH) for surgical treatment of endometrial cancer (N=50). Data was analyzed using Chi-square test, unpaired t-test, and bivariate correlation.Results None of the patients with a known, treated pre-op UTI presented with a post-op UTI within 30 days of surgery. Additionally, the routine cystoscopy did not find urinary tract injuries in any of the patients. Out of 50 patients, 20 (10%) has post-op UTIs within 30 days of routine cystoscopy. Patients with post-op UTIs had higher median operating room time, more complex surgeries, and higher surgical stage compared to the patients without post-op UTIs (table 1). Increased incidence of UTIs were also statistically significantly associated with younger age, higher estimated blood loss (EBL), and higher surgical stage, p<0.05 (table 2).View this table:Abstract 374 Table 1 Comparison of presence and absence of post-op UTI within 30 days of surgeryView this table:Abstract 374 Table 2 Bivariate correlation analysis of factors associated with UTI occurrence after routine cystoscopyConclusions Younger patients with an increased EBL and higher surgical stage endometrial cancer were associated with a higher rate of post-op UTI occurrence after routine cystoscopy in robotic-assisted gynecologic surgery. UTIs are common in women undergoing gynecologic surgery; however, the rate appears to be higher with routine cystoscopy in this small cohort. Consideration of a larger sample size merits further investigation.