Endoscopic treatment of vesicoureteral reflux with polyacrylate polyalcohol copolymer and dextranomer/hyaluronic acid in adults.

Purpose: Aim of this study is to examine the effectiveness of dextranomer/hyaluronic acid copolymer and polyacrylate polyalcohol copolymer in endoscopic treatment of vesicoureteral reflux disease in adult patients with and without chronic renal failure.

Materials And Methods: Thirty two patients (12 female, 20 male) with a total of 50 renal units were treated for vesicoureteral reflux. There were 26 (81%) chronic renal failure patients.

The use of suprapubic cystoscopy in perineal urethroplasty.

Objective: Posterior urethral strictures are difficult cases to treat for urologists. Anastomotic open urethroplasty is the major surgical treatment option, and various modifications/manipulations to the procedure have been recommended in the literature. We aimed to assess the advantages of performing antegrade endoscopy through the suprapubic cystostomy tract during perineal urethroplasty.

Withdraw of the ureteroscope causes fragmented ureter stones to disperse.

Introduction: Ureteroscopy has improved from the first use of ureteroscope in the 1970' s. Although the success rate increased in the last years, new treatment techniques are being developed for impacted and large proximal ureter stones (2). Pneumatic lithotripsy has high efficiency with low complication rates.

The effects of retropubic and perineal radical prostatectomy techniques on postoperative urinary continence after surgery: Results of 196 patients.

Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the effects of the retropubic and perineal radical prostatectomy techniques on postoperative urinary continence.

Material And Methods: This study included patients who had undergone radical retropubic (RRP) (n=54) or radical perineal prostatectomies (RPP) (n=142) in our clinic between December 2006 and December 2010 with the indication of localized prostate cancer. Preoperative, and postoperative continence levels of the patients were evaluated on the day of catheter removal, and at 3.

Corticosteroid therapy improves the outcome of semen analysis in an oligozoospermic patient with epididymal sarcoidosis.

Sarcoidosis is a multisystem, inflammatory disorder characterized by the presence of noncaseating epithelioid granulomas. Sarcoidosis can involve the genitourinary system by affecting the kidney and genitals. Most characteristic genital lesions proceed to granuloma and can comprise the epididymis, testis, and vas deferens.

Prostate metastasis of malignant melanoma.

Metastatic malignant melanoma of the prostate is extremely rare in clinical practice, and only one case has been reported in the English literature in the past 30 years. We report a case of malignant melanoma that metastasized to the prostate and review the current literature. A 50-year-old man with a history of malignant melanoma metastasis to the left axilla, which was excised 3 years ago, presented with lower urinary tract symptoms and gross hematuria.

The effect of cardiopulmonary bypass in coronary artery bypass surgeries (on-pump versus off-pump) on erectile function and endothelium-derived nitric oxide levels.

Purpose: To investigate the effects of on-pump and off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) on the erectile function and endothelium-derived nitric oxide (eNO) levels.

Materials And Methods: Twenty-eight consecutive patients were randomized into two groups depending on use of cardiopulmonary bypass in CABG surgery. The erectile function was evaluated by using the IIEF-5 questionnaire.

Is there a correlation between testosterone levels and the severity of the disease in male patients with obstructive sleep apnea?

Objectives: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a prevalent disease that can decrease quality of life. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between serum testosterone levels and the severity of the disease in patients with OSA.

Material And Methods: Severity of OSA was quantified with apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) which was defined as the total number of apneas and hypopneas per hour of sleep.