Publications by authors named "Anil Erkan"

This study was aimed to identify the most frequently observed pathogens in uncomplicated urinary tract infections from outpatient urinary isolates obtained across seven different geographical regions in Türkiye and to determine whether the antibiotic resistance rates of these pathogens differ significantly between these regions. The study included patients aged 18 to 65 years who were diagnosed with uncomplicated urinary tract infections and had positive urine cultures from March 2021 to August 2022, across 37 different centers in Türkiye. The participating centers were selected based on their use of the disk diffusion method, in line with the European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (EUCAST) guidelines, to ensure standardization of urine culture data.

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The current study aimed to determine the risk factors and define a new scoring system for predicting febrile urinary tract infection (F-UTI) following retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS) by using machine learning methods. We retrospectively analyzed the medical records of patients who underwent RIRS and 511 patients were included in the study. The patients were divided into two groups: Group 1 consisted of 34 patients who developed postoperative F-UTI, and Group 2 consisted of 477 patients who did not.

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Objectives: To evaluate the predictivity of haematologic parameters and HALP score on testicular viability in adults with testicular torsion.

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the clinical data of 139 men ≥18 years of age who underwent testicular detorsion with fixation (n = 90) or orchiectomy (n = 49) due to testicular torsion in five different tertiary centers between May 2019 and August 2023. Demographic, pre-, peri- and postoperative data were analyzed.

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Erectile dysfunction (ED) is one of the most common complaints in the male sexual health field, with a multifactorial etiology yet to be fully elucidated. Nucleobindin 2 (NUCB2)/nesfatin-1, known for its regulatory role in food intake, can also regulate the vascular, neural and hormonal systems, all of which are of great importance in the etiology of ED. The present study included 43 men with ED and 40 healthy individuals without ED.

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Objectives: In the era of artificial intelligence, almost half of the patients use the internet to get information about their diseases. Our study aims to demonstrate the reliability of the information provided by artificial intelligence chatbots (AICs) about urogenital cancer treatments.

Methods: The most frequently searched keyword about prostate, bladder, kidney, and testicular cancer treatment via Google Trends was asked to 3 different AICs (ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot).

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Objective: This study aims to investigate the association of preoperative body composition parameters, measured by computed tomography in patients undergoing surgery for renal cell carcinoma, with its stage and to survey the relationship with postoperative hospitalization duration and survival.

Methods: Demographic data, pathology results, cancer stages, and hospitalization duration of 104 patients undergoing surgery at the urology clinic due to renal cell carcinoma between 2019 and 2023 were analyzed retrospectively. On computed tomography scans acquired during diagnosis, visceral adipose tissue, subcutaneous adipose tissue, total adipose tissue, and skeletal muscle area were measured.

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Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate the compliance with follow-up in patients receiving adjuvant chemotherapy (ACT) for testicular cancer at two academic hospitals.

Materials And Methods: The study analyzed 104 patients with testicular tumors who had undergone surgery at least a year before and received ACT between March 2017 to March 2022. The mean follow-up was 29.

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Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate current urologic practice regarding the management of priapism in Turkey and compare with international guidelines.

Methods: Urologists and urology residents were invited to an online survey consisting of 30 multiple-choice questions on priapism-related clinical practices that were consid- ered most important and relevant to practices by using Google Forms.

Results: Total number of responses was 340.

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Background: In this study, we aimed to determine the most appropriate antimicrobial agents for prophylactic antibiotic use during emergency and elective transurethral procedures.

Methods: The study was conducted in five hospitals located in five different geographical regions of Türkiye. The microorganism cultured in urine before emergency and elective transurethral procedures in these centers between March 2021 and March 2022 were reviewed retrospectively from the hospital records.

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Background: Increased carotid artery intima-media thickness (CIMT) has been shown to be associated with erectile dysfunction (ED), but studies evaluating the efficacy of CIMT in predicting drug response are lacking in the literature.

Aim: We aimed to evaluate the efficacy of CIMT in predicting the response to phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors (PDE5-I).

Methods: A total of 274 subjects were divided into two groups: ED patients ( = 150) and controls ( = 124).

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Purpose: In this study, we aimed to evaluate the clinical utility of the neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet/lymphocyte ratio (PLR), lymphocyte/monocyte ratio (LMR), and monocyte/high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio (MHR) in predicting response to a phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitor (PDE5i) when used as the first-line medical treatment of erectile dysfunction (ED).

Materials And Methods: This study prospectively included 185 patients who were diagnosed with ED and started PDE5i treatment. After PDE5i treatment, 107 (57.

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Purpose: Since some urological diseases are age-dependent, these patients are admitted to urology wards for treatment more frequently as an inevitable result of aging. In this study, the urological hospitalization reasons and outcomes patients in octogenarian and nonagenarian age groups were evaluated in comparison with younger adult patients.

Methods: After examining a total of 5615 urology ward admissions of individuals aged 18-99 years, we included 443 (7.

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Article Synopsis
  • - The study examines the compatibility of three questionnaire forms (QFs) used to evaluate patients with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTSs) and also explores how education level affects the completeness of responses.
  • - Out of 224 patients analyzed, the results indicated a strong correlation between the International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS) and the International Continence Questionnaire-Male Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (ICIQ-MLUTS), but a notable number of patients had incomplete responses, particularly with ICIQ-MLUTS (32.1%).
  • - Despite the varying response rates, the findings suggest that IPSS and ICIQ-MLUTS can be used interchangeably in clinical practice, while the
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Introduction And Objective: There are thousands of patient information videos published on YouTube, the most watched video sharing platform; however, most of these videos contain incomplete or incorrect information. Interestingly, some videos with incomplete or incorrect information have a higher view rate. This study aimed to evaluate the quality of patient information videos on 'undescended testis' published on YouTube.

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Background: Primary monosymptomatic nocturnal enuresis (MNE) is a common pediatric condition and there are two firstline, evidence-based treatments available; desmopressin and the enuresis alarm. Although there are many studies comparing enuresis alarm and desmopressin treatments in the literature, most were conducted using old formulations of desmopressin.

Objective: To compare the efficacy of desmopressin MELT formulation and enuresis alarm therapy in patients with MNE.

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Background: Different techniques for laparoscopic adrenalectomy have been proposed with the lateral transperitoneal approach and posterior retroperitoneal approach being the two more frequently minimally invasive surgeries in most of the clinics. There are no sufficient studies in which the results of lateral transperitoneal and posterior retroperitoneal approaches in synchronous bilateral laparoscopic adrenalectomy have been compared. In the current study, we aimed to report our multicenter results of the lateral transperitoneal and posterior retroperitoneal synchronous bilateral laparoscopic adrenalectomy experience in patients who had different bilateral adrenal pathologies and to compare the outcomes of these two different operative procedures.

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Objectives: In the current study, we present our pure laparoscopic heminephrectomy experience in 13 patients with horseshoe kidney (HK).

Material And Methods: A total of 13 patients with HK underwent pure laparoscopic heminephrectomy (Transperitoneal= 7, Retroperitoneal = 6) due to benign and malign renal conditions (non-functional hydronephrotic and/or infected kidney = 12, kidney mass = 1).

Results: The mean age of the patients was 45.

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Objective: To evaluate our complications in renal and adrenal transperitoneal laparoscopic surgeries with Clavien-Dindo classification.

Material And Methods: Two hundred and eight patients to whom renal and adrenal laparoscopic surgeries were performed between January 2008 and June 2015 were included the study. One hundred and twenty one (58.

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Objective: To assess the efficacy and safety of Retrograde Intrarenal Surgery to treat renal stones in patients with different American Society of Anesthesia (ASA) physical status.

Material And Methods: We performed a retrospective analysis of 150 patients who underwent Retrograde Intrarenal Surgery for renal stone between October 2013 and December 2014. Patients were categorized into three groups according to their ASA physical status: ASA Class 1 (Group 1, n = 23), ASA Class 2 (Group 2, n = 113) and ASA Class 3 (Group 3, n = 14).

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Objective: To investigate the relationship between bladder wall thickness (BWT) and uroflowmetric parameters and the International Prostate Symptoms Score (IPSS) in patients with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS).

Patients And Methods: A total of 236 male patients who had LUTS-related benign prostatic enlargement with serum prostate-specific antigen level ≤4 ng/mL were included in this study. Age and duration of LUTS and IPSS were recorded.

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Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the success of penile fasciocutaneous flap urethroplasty in the treatment of long segment urethral stricture.

Methods: In this study, seventeen patients with long segment urethral stricture were included. In regard to the length of the narrow segment, vertical or circular penile skin fasciocutaneous flap was anastomosed on 18 F urethral catheter.

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Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate effective factors in the survival of patients with Fournier's gangrene (FG) and compare three different validated scoring systems for outcome prediction: Fournier's Gangrene Severity Index (FGSI), Uludag Fournier's Gangrene Severity Index (UFGSI) and age-adjusted Charlson Comorbidity Index (ACCI).

Material And Methods: Fifty men who underwent surgery for FG between July 2005 and August 2012 were included in the study. Data were collected on medical history, symptoms, physical examination findings, vital signs, admission and final laboratory tests, timing and extent of surgical debridement, and antibiotic treatment used.

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