Evaluation the efficacy of prophylactic tamsulosin in preventing acute urinary retention and other obstructive urinary symptoms following colporrhaphy surgery.

Background And Aim: Postoperative urinary retention (POUR) is defined as a disability in urinary excision after surgery. There are several strategies to prevent POUR, such as tamsulosin, which is a selective antagonist at alpha-1A and alpha-1B-adrenoceptors which reduces the bladder outlet resistance. The aim of this study was to investigate the efficacy of prophylactic tamsulosin in preventing acute urinary retention and other obstructive urinary symptoms following colporrhaphy surgery.

Testicular fine-needle aspiration versus testicular open biopsy: Comparable sperm retrieval rate in selected patients.

Background: Sperm recovery by testicular fine-needle aspiration (TESA) has resulted in variable sperm retrieval rate (SRR) and is generally considered inferior to open biopsy (testicular sperm extraction [TESE]).

Aims: To develop a predictive model for SRR by TESA and to identify factors associated with comparable SRR between TESA and TESE.

Settings And Design: Single-center controlled cross-sectional study on 450 infertile men with nonobstructive azoospermia.