Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction in Elderly Urologic Oncology Patients (POCD)

Postoperative cognitive changes are more common in elderly patients, which can result in poor quality of life, loss of workforce, disability, early retirement, physical-social dependence, increased health care cost and premature mortality. Postoperative cognitive complications are also quite common in extensive oncological surgeries. In this study, our aim is to evaluate the relationship between the development of postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) in geriatric urologic oncology patients with brain injury and inflammatory markers \[S100 β, neuron specific enolase (NSE), interleukin 6 (IL-6) and high mobility group box-1 (HMGB-1 protein)\].