Our enhanced recovery after surgery protocol expedites bowel function recovery and shortens hospital stay after RC and urinary diversion without an increase in the hospital readmission rates.

Patients on the protocol of enhanced recovery after surgery used significantly less opioid analgesics, possibly contributing to decreased postoperative ileus and shorter length of hospital stay.

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Radical cystectomy and urinary diversion with enhanced recovery protocol is a morbid surgery. The most common complication, cause of ER visit and readmission is yet infections. Further studies on methods to decrease these rates are underway.