Safety and Efficacy of Intra-Prostatic Injection of Betamethasone for Refractory Chronic Nonbacterial Prostatitis: A Prospective Cohort Clinical Study.

Background: We aimed to assess the safety and effectiveness of TRUS guided betamethasone injections in refractory cases of chronic nonbacterial prostatitis.

Patients And Methods: Forty-five patients with refractory CNP were included in a prospective cohort clinical trial. Six injections of betamethasone sodium sulfate were guided by TRUS.

Does dutasteride reduce the bleeding in transurethral resection of the prostate in patients on antiplatelet drugs?

Background: The aim of this study was to assess the effect of a 4-week dutasteride treatment on reducing the intraoperative and postoperative bleeding, as well as the amount and duration of irrigation required to clear the urine after transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) ≥50 g in men receiving the antiplatelet drug (APD).

Materials And Methods: This double-blind randomized clinical trial included patients with a prostate size ≥50 g who were indicated for TURP and were already receiving APD. The study was conducted in the Urology Department of Cairo University over a 12-month period.

Does local vaginal estrogen after tension-free transobturator vaginal tape reduce overactive bladder symptoms in postmenopausal women? A prospective randomized, controlled study.

Objective: We aimed to evaluate the efficacy of topical estrogen after transvaginal tension-free vaginal tape-obturator (TVT-O) in the treatment of overactive bladder symptoms that appear after surgery.

Methods: This is a prospective randomized controlled study performed in the Urology and Gynecology Departments, Kasr Al Ainy Hospital, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt. Two hundred and ten postmenopausal females presenting during the period between January 2017 and November 2020 with stress urinary incontinence were included in the study.

Does local injection of long acting corticosteroid improve postoperative outcome of hypospadias repair? A randomized controlled trial.

Purpose: To assess the safety and efficacy of local corticosteroid injection during hypospadias repair.

Methods: Between May 2021 and March 2023 children less than 10 years who were admitted for hypospadias repair were divided by random allocation into two groups. We injected local corticosteroid 2 ml proximal to coronal sulcus in group A while in group B we didn't.

Hepatic and gastrointestinal disturbances in Egyptian patients infected with coronavirus disease 2019: A multicentre cohort study.

Background: Various liver and gastrointestinal involvements occur in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) at variable prevalence. Most studies report mild liver function disturbances correlated with COVID-19 severity, though liver failure is unusual.

Aim: To study liver and gastrointestinal dysfunctions in Egyptian patients with COVID-19 and their relation to disease outcomes.

Relation of baseline prostate volume to improvement of lower urinary tract symptoms due to tamsulosin monotherapy in benign prostatic hyperplasia: An exploratory, multicenter, prospective study.

Aims: The aim of the study was to investigate the relation between baseline prostate volume (PV) and the improvement of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) induced by tamsulosin monotherapy after 2-year follow-up in Egyptian benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) patients.

Settings And Design: This was a prospective comparative multicenter study.

Subjects And Methods: Three hundred and eighty-one BPH patients were included in the study from January 2014 to January 2017.

Holmium Laser Enucleation Versus Bipolar Plasmakinetic Resection for Management of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in Patients with Large-Volume Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: Randomized-Controlled Trial.

To compare the safety and efficacy of holmium laser enucleation of prostate (HoLEP) bipolar plasmakinetic resection of prostate (BPRP) in the management of large-sized (≥75 g) benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). This randomized-controlled trial recruited 145 symptomatic BPH patients who had failed medical management, and who had undergone either HoLEP (Versa pulse 100 W;  = 73) or BPRP (AUTOCON II 400 ESU;  = 72). Both groups were compared using the Mann-Whitney, chi-square, Student-, or Fisher exact tests as appropriate.

Early Oncological and Functional Outcomes of Prostate Capsule Sparing Cystectomy Compared with Standard Radical Cystectomy.

Introduction And Objectives: A comparative study of standard radical cystectomy and prostate capsule sparing radical cystectomy regarding functional and oncological outcomes.

Materials And Methods: A randomized study of 96 patients with transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder (December 2014 - June 2016) was done. We excluded cases with preoperative T4 staging, lymphadenopathy, prostatic specific antigen > 4 ng/dl, and cases with positive biopsies from the bladder neck, trigone, and/or prostatic urethra.

Renal pelvis reduction during dismembered pyeloplasty: is it necessary?

Objective: To compare treatment results in patients who underwent pyeloplasty with and without pelvic reduction for ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJO).

Methods: This randomized prospective study involved 40 patients, all diagnosed with unilateral UPJO; 20 each were randomly selected to undergo open dismembered pyeloplasty with pelvic reduction (group A) or pelvis-sparing pyeloplasty (group B). Patients were evaluated with ultrasound and DPTA renography scans 6 months postoperatively.