(UroToday.com) The joint session of the European Association of Urology and the Maghreb Union Countries included a presentation by Dr. Imad Ziouziou who discussed the preparation of patients for radical cystectomy. Dr. Ziouziou started by noting that radical cystectomy plus extended pelvic lymphadenectomy is the gold standard treatment for muscle invasive bladder cancer and for those with the highest risk non-muscle invasive bladder cancer. Perioperative management of radical cystectomy includes patient selection, assessment of operative risk, and fast recovery with fewer complications: