Table 1: Histopathological characteristics of the radical cystectomy specimen and the 30-day mortality rate (total group).

DUOS center Total
No Yes P-value
N % N % N %
Number of identified LNs < 0.0001
Number of dissected/counted LN not documented 198 22 412 16 < 0.001 610 18
1-9 277 31 832 32 1109 32
≥ 10 414 47 1339 52 1753 50
Number of positive LNs < 0.001
No positive LNs 610 69 1899 74 2509 72
1-4 146 16 460 18 606 17
5-9 15 2 48 2 63 2
≥ 10 9 1 16 < 1 25 1
Positive LNs documented, but number unknown 4 < 1 10 < 1 14 < 1
No documentation of positive LNs 105 12 150 6 255 7
Surgical margins of cystectomy 0.02
negative 782 88 2301 89 3083 89
positive 80 9 171 7 251 7
Unknown 27 3 111 4 138 4
30-day postoperative mortality 21 2.4 56 2.2 0.90 77 2
Complete pathological response (ypT0N0 ) after NAC and RC 23 29 66 27 0.70 89 28
Pathological stage (pT) at RC 0.11
pT0 37 4 83 3 120 3%
pT1 27 3 82 3 109 3%
pT2 352 40 1025 40 1377 40%
pT3 367 41 1051 41 1418 41%
pT4 94 11 264 10 358 10%
pTX or pT missing 12 1 78 3 90 3%