Long-term postoperative follow-up results of transobturator autologous rectus fascial sling versus transobturator tension-free vaginal tapes for female stress urinary incontinence: Randomized controlled clinical trial.

Aims: To evaluate the outcomes of a new surgical technique for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence (SUI).

Methods: This randomized study included 132 index patients from January 2017 to May 2021, 60 applied with autologous facia and 60 with transobturator tension-free vaginal tape (TVT-O). The primary endpoint was dryness (negative stress test and 0 pad use per day) and this was assessed at 3, 6, 12, and 24 months.

The examination of the nephroprotective effect of montelukast sodium and N-acetylcysteine ın renal ıschemia with dimercaptosuccinic acid imaging in a placebo-controlled rat model.

Purpose: To determine the nephroprotective effect of NAC and Montelukast Sodium administration against the development of renal damage associated with long warm renal ischemia.

Methods: Twenty-seven rats were randomly divided into 3 study groups, which received NAC, montelukast and placebo, and 3 rats were included in the sham-treated control group. Medications were given 3 days before the procedure.

Using a checklist to increase the effectiveness of behavioral therapy for overactive bladder: A prospective randomized controlled trial.

Aim: To evaluate the benefits of a newly established checklist form of behavioral therapy for overactive bladder (OAB).

Methods: Of a total of 180 patients suffering eight or more micturitions, two or more nocturia, seven or more urgency, or four more urinary urgency incontinence (UUI) episodes per day according to a 3-day bladder diary, 155 were randomly divided into four groups. Group I (n = 29) patients were instructed to apply only behavioral therapy as a written guideline and group II (n = 27) patients were instructed to apply behavioral therapy with a written checklist.

A new checklist method enhances treatment compliance and response of behavioural therapy for primary monosymptomatic nocturnal enuresis: a prospective randomised controlled trial.

Purpose: The aim of the study was to demonstrate the benefits of a newly-established written checklist of behavioural instructions for monosymptomatic nocturnal enuresis.

Methods: From a total of 96 parents with children who complain of bedwetting three or more nights per week for at least 14 days, 79 were randomly divided into three groups. Group I (n = 27) were instructed to apply only behavioural therapy as a written guideline, Group II (n = 26) were instructed to apply behavioural therapy with a written checklist for parents to fully complete and Group III (n = 26) received desmopressin treatment plus verbal behavioural therapy.

Comparision of Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy and Retrograde Intrarenal Surgery For The Treatment of Multicalyceal and Multiple Renal Stones.

Purpose: Comparison of efficiency and reliability of percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PNL) and retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS) in treatment of multicalyceal and multiple renal stones in the same renal unit.

Materials And Methods: Between 2011 and 2015, records of patients who underwent surgery for renal stone were retrospectively reviewed. Patients who had multiple stones located in different calices in the same renal unit were included.

Comparison of tubularized incised plate urethroplasty and onlay island flap urethroplasty techniques in the repair of primarily proximal hypospadias.

Objectives: To compare the success of the 'tubularized incised plate urethroplasty' (TIPU) and 'Onlay island flap urethroplasty' (OIFU) techniques for the repair of primary proximal hypospadias.

Material And Methods: A retrospective evaluation was made of the medical records of 68 patients with primary, non-complicated hypospadias, who were operated on in the Department of Urology, Ministry of Health Ankara Education and Research Hospital, between January 1997 and December 2012. Patients who underwent hypospadias surgery with TIPU were labelled as Group 1 and the OIFU technique as Group 2.

What happens to asymptomatic lower pole kidney stones smaller than 10 mm in children during watchful waiting?

Background: The optimal management of lower pole kidney (LPK) stones in children is controversial. The aim of this study was to determine the outcomes of children with asymptomatic isolated LPK stones smaller than 10 mm during follow-up.

Methods: A total of 242 patients with 284 stones presenting at our institution between June 2004 and December 2014 with an asymptomatic, single LPK stone with a diameter of <10 mm were enrolled in the study.

Preoperative Risk Factors Predicting Complication Rates of Augmentation Cystoplasty Using the Modified Clavien Classification System in Pediatric Population.

Objective: To evaluate preoperative predictive factors for postoperative complications of augmentation cystoplasty in children by using the modified Clavien classification system (MCCS).

Patients And Methods: A retrospective review of medical records between 1994 and 2014 identified 117 children (64 males and 53 females) who underwent augmentation cystoplasty. Complications were evaluated according to the MCCS.

Ureaplasma urealyticum: Presence among Sexually Transmitted Diseases.

The aim of this study was to detect the presence of Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Mycoplasma genitalium, Mycoplasma hominis, Trichomonas vaginalis, and Ureaplasma urealyticum in genital specimens of symptomatic patients. This study also examined the role of U. urealyticum in infections of the lower genital tract.

Outcomes of Laparoscopic Treatment Modalities for Unilateral Non-palpable Testes.

Purpose: To date, laparoscopy has gradually become the gold standard for treatment of non-palpable testicles (NPT) with different success and complication rates. In this study, we aimed to evaluate outcomes of laparoscopic approaches for NPT.

Materials And Methods: We reviewed data of 82 consecutive patients who underwent laparoscopic treatment for unilateral NPT at two institutions by two high volume surgeons from 2004 January to 2014 December.

Evaluating Ureteral Wall Injuries with Endoscopic Grading System and Analysis of the Predisposing Factors.

Objective: To analyze the predictive factors for intraoperative ureteral wall injury due to semirigid ureteroscopy (URS) used in the treatment of ureteral calculi.

Methods: The data of 437 patients who had URS due to ureteral stones were prospectively analyzed. The ureteral wall injuries that occurred during URS were reviewed endoscopically at the end of surgery and divided into two groups as low grade (grades 0 and 1) and high grade (grades 2, 3, and 4) according to classification of ureteral wall injuries.

Can urinary nerve growth factor and bladder wall thickness correlation in children have a potential role to predict the outcome of non-monosymptomatic nocturnal enuresis?

Introduction: Measurement of bladder wall thickness (BWTh) by ultrasound has been introduced as a new and promising technique to assess bladder dysfunction, and increased levels of nerve growth factor have also been reported in the bladder tissue and urine of patients with sensory urgency and detrusor overactivity (DO).

Objective: In this study we aimed to generate a clinically useful tool with urinary nerve growth factor levels and ultrasonographic BWTh to find possible pathogenetic clues and prognostic indicators as guides for the choice of therapy of non-monosymptomatic nocturnal enuresis.

Methods: A total of 110 children, aged 6-16 years old, were involved in this prospective study.

Pediatric extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy: multi-institutional results.

Aim: To evaluate the efficacy, auxiliary procedures and complications of pediatric extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) performed with electrohydraulic lithotripters.

Methods: Children with urolithiasis, aged between 0 and 15, were retrospectively evaluated. ESWL was performed by using two different electrohydraulic lithotripters, Elmed Multimed Classic (Elmed Medical Systems, Ankara, Turkey) and E-1000 (EMD Medical Systems, Ankara, Turkey), between January 2008 and December 2012 in four different referral centers in Turkey.

Comparison of ultrasonic and pneumatic intracorporeal lithotripsy techniques during percutaneous nephrolithotomy.

Objectives: To compare the effectiveness and safety of ultrasonic and pneumatic lithotripters in the treatment of renal stone disease.

Materials And Methods: A total of 227 consecutive percutaneous nephrolithotomy procedures for renal calculi were performed. In 107 patients ultrasonic lithotriptors were used (group I) and in 83 patients pneumatic lithotriptors were used (group II).

Ureteral Stricture after Laparoscopic Tubal Ligation due to Suturing of the Serosa.

Strictures secondary to traumas of the ureter are some of the complications of urogynecologic surgery. We present a 43-year-old female who had a history of laparoscopic tubal ligation a year ago and was admitted to our department with recurrent flank and inguinal pain. It was soon understood that a suture has pulled the ureter from the lateral serosa of the upper part to the lateral serosa of the lower part causing dilatation of the proximal and midureter because of the previous surgery while there was no damage on the ureteral lumen.