Aortic Calcification in Patients with Nephrolithiasis: A Cross-Sectional Case-Control Study.

Background: Nephrolithiasis is a common condition that has been linked to various systemic diseases. Recent studies have suggested that young patients with nephrolithiasis are at increased risk of developing premature atherosclerosis. This study aims to investigate the relationship between nephrolithiasis and systemic disease by examining the association between aortic calcification and the severity of kidney stone disease.

Efficacy and Complications of Mitrofanoff Continent Urinary Diversion in Adults with Complex Urethral Strictures: A Single-Center Experience.

Purpose: The management of complicated and irreparable urethral strictures can be challenging, and continent urinary diversion has emerged as a viable option. This study aims to investigate the complications associated with continent urinary diversion using the Mitrofanoff principle in patients with complex urethral strictures that cannot be corrected through urethroplasty surgery.

Materials And Methods: A total of 22 patients were included in this study, who underwent continent urinary diversion surgery using the Mitrofanoff technique.

Unveiling a pseudoaneurysm at the anastomosis site in a transplanted kidney: An initial misclassification as hydro nephrosis - A case report and literature review.

A 31-year-old woman who developed large Psudoaneurysm after kidney transplantation is discussed. The patient was presented with an 11 cm mass, which became larger gradually. Minimally invasive endovascular stent graft placement was successfully done.

Male urethral diverticulum without having urethral stricture: A rare case.

A rare case of male urethral diverticulum presents in this article. A 34-year-old man was referred to our clinic because of post-void dribbling. The retrograde cystogram and cystoscopy confirmed a 3 cm urethral diverticulum in the penile urethra without having urethra stricture.

Gallbladder injury after Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy: A case report.

Unlabelled: Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy (PCNL) is the gold standard treatment of large kidney stones that has rare but serious complications such as gallbladder injury. In this article, a 62-year-old woman with a right lower kidney who was scheduled for PCNL was presented. The patient had acute abdomen on the first day after PCNL, so explorative laparotomy and cholecystectomy were done.

Comparison of the effect of the pelvic floor muscle biofeedback prior or postradical prostatectomy on urinary incontinence: A randomized controlled trial.

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the pre- and postoperative effects of pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) and the biofeedback method on the management of urinary incontinence (UI) in patients who underwent radical prostatectomy (RP).

Material And Methods: Fifty-seven patients were enrolled in this study from September 2019 to July 2020. They were randomly divided into three groups each of 19 patients: two case groups (biofeedback before and after RP) and a control group.

The Feasibility of Open Prostatectomy in Patients with History of Previous Prostate Surgery.

Purpose: Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is one of the most common problems in elderly men. Transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) can be performed for most patients who need re-do prostate surgery, but open prostatectomy should be considered in patients with prostate size larger than 70 grams. This study assessed the feasibility of open prostatectomy (OP) after previous TURP in patients whose prostate size was larger than 70 grams.

The Trends of Urolithiasis Therapeutic Interventions over the Last 20 Years: A Bibliographic Study.

The clinical and economic burden of kidney stones is a challenge for the healthcare system. There is a limited bibliometric project exploring the literature trends on 'urolithiasis' and its related management. A systematic review was conducted to discover the related abstracts regarding each specific issue, investigated year by year from May 2000 to May 2020 (20 years).

The Learning Curves for Laser Application in Urology Procedures: Review of the Literature.

Currently, a laser is a popular technology in urological surgeries. The important laserrelated issue is the time when a surgeon reaches an acceptable level of safety and efficacy using laser technology. In this review, we aimed to assess the learning curves of three types of surgeries in urology, including photoselective vaporization of the prostate (PVP), holmium laser enucleation of the prostate (HoLEP) and retrograde intra-renal surgeries (RIRSs).

Misplacement of DJ stent into inferior vena cava in a patient with retroperitoneal fibrosis, a case report.

Intravascular migration of DJ stent is a rare complication that needs immediate attention to prevent severe complication. We reported a rare case of intravascular migration of DJ stent in a patient with retroperitoneal fibrosis. The DJ stent was removed by cystoscopy with no complication.

Urethral metastasis from primary embryonal carcinoma of testis - The first case report.

A 34-year-old man presented with bloody urethral discharge, dysuria, cough and right testicular mass. He had a history of anterior urethral stricture and multiple urethral dilation procedures. Radical orchiectomy and urethral mass biopsy were performed.

Five-Year Survival Rate of Bladder Cancer in Iran during 2001-2007.

Background & Objective: Bladder cancer is the fourth most common cancer in men and the most common cancer in women, comprising 8% of all males and 3% of female tumors. The present study aimed to estimate the five-year survival rates of bladder cancer in Iran.

Methods: Information on 3,337 registered cases of bladder cancer was obtained from the Office of National Cancer Registry in the Ministry of Health and Medical Education (MOH & ME).

A survey on Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) by Iranian Urological Association.

Purpose: The purpose of Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) is to offer a universal language to describe medical services. The elaborate systems designed by high-income countries are not fully applicable in ones with limited resources. Therefore, in the current study we aimed to ask urologists' opinion about deploying relative value units in valuation of medical services in Islamic republic of Iran.

The Discrepancy between Needle Biopsy and Radical Prostatectomy Gleason Score in Patients with Prostate Cancer.

Purpose: Gleason score (GS), as well as other prognostic and diagnostic modalities, can predict the possibility of tumor growth and metastasis during the life of patients with prostate cancer. Based on the prostate biopsy GS, clinicians choose the most appropriate therapy for managing patients. The objective of this cross-sectional study was to determine the discrepancy between needle biopsy and radical prostatectomy GS and to identify its predictive factors among the Iranian population.

Clinical Efficacy of Transurethral Resection of the Prostate Combined with Oral Anticholinergics or Botulinum Toxin - A Injection to Treat Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia with Overactive Bladder: A Case-Control Study.

Introduction: Recent investigations showed that anticholinergic drugs could use for the management of storage symptoms after transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP). The use of intravesical botulinum toxin-A (BTX-A) for the management of overactive bladder is rapidly increasing. In this research, we assess the efficacy of BTX-A vs solifenacin in men suffering from bladder outlet obstruction-over active bladder (BOO-OAB) managed with TURP.

Appendicovesicostomy as an Alternative Procedure for Patients with Complex Urethral Distraction Defect.

Purpose: Surgical repair of post-traumatic complex urethral stricture poses a major challenge to urologists. Here, we report six patients with irreparable urethral strictures who were successfully treated by using the appendix as conduit for urinary diversion.

Materials And Methods: Six patients who had underwent urinary diversion using an appendix during 2015 to 2019 were included in our study.

The Management of Patients Diagnosed with Incidental Prostate Cancer: Narrative Review.

5-14% of patients underwent surgery for benign prostate hyperplasia harboring prostate cancer (PCa) focus. The best management of incidental prostate cancer (iPCa) has been debated. The decision "treatment or no treatment" should be determined by predictors which accurately foretell PCa progression after transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP).

Pneumatic Lithotripsy Versus Laser Lithotripsy for Ureteral Stones.

Several different modalities are available for ureteral stone fragmentation. From them pneumatic and holmium: yttrium-aluminum-garnet (Ho: YAG) lithotripsy have supportive outcomes. In this study we studied 250 subjects who had ureteroscopic pneumatic lithotripsy (PL) or laser lithotripsy (LL).

Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy Combined with Drug Therapy in Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome : A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Purpose: Chronic prostatitis/ chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) is a nonspecific pelvic pain in the absence of signs of infection or other obvious local pathology for at least three of the last 6 months. Evidence for treatment approach is limited. So the aim of this study is to investigate the effect of extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) combined with pharmacotherapy in the treatment of CP/CPPS.

Is active surveillance an appropriate approach to manage prostate cancer patients with Gleason Score 3+3 who met the criteria for active surveillance?

Objective: Prostate cancer is one of the common malignant tumors in men worldwide. Nowadays it seems that Gleason Score 3+3 may not need definite treatment and some of the experts even ignore it as a cancer but we should be aware that in some patients with Gleason Score 3+3 there is a higher risk for harboring higher-grade cancer. We had done this study to evaluate patients with prostate cancer with Gleason Score 3+3 to determine the value of tumor volume in these cases.

Incidental prostate cancer: a 10-year review of a tertiary center, Tehran, Iran.

Objective: Incidental prostate cancer (IPCa) is defined as a symptom-free cancer unexpectedly discovered upon microscopic examination of resected tissue. The aim of this study was to report the correlation between some specific clinical criteria in patients incidentally diagnosed with prostate cancer (PCa) during transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) or open prostatectomy (OP) after clinically suspected benign prostatic hyperplasia.

Patients And Methods: This was a cross-sectional, retrospective study.

The Efficacy and Safety of Laser Lithotripsy in Pregnancy.

The aim of our study was to assess the efficacy and safety of laser lithotripsy in pregnant patients. In this retrospective study, we reviewed the 15 pregnant women who have been treated for ureteral stones with semi-rigid ureteroscope and holmium laser at our center between Januarys 2007and April 2015. The mean age of patients and mean gestational age was 29.

Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy Using Split Amplatz Sheath: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Purpose: To compare the outcome of percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) using split or intact Amplatz sheath.

Materials And Methods: Seventy two patients who underwent PCNL were randomly divided into two groups; PCNL using intact (group 1) and split (group 2) Amplatz sheath. Preoperative data, operative time, largest extracted stone size, fluoroscopy and lithotripsy time, and serum biochemistry tests before and after PCNL were evaluated.

Urinary infection before and after prostatectomy.

To determine the prevalence of pre and post prostatectomy related urinary tract infection and its correlation with peri-operative events, we studied 120 patients who underwent prostatectomy due to benign prostatic hypertrophy from September 2005 to September 2006. Urine cultures were performed before the operations, after a week, and three months later. Data including prostate volume, prostatic specific antigen (PSA), post voiding residue (PVR) and histopathological reports as well as the duration of urinary leak, bladder irrigation, hospitalization, and catheterization were studied.