Comparison of corporal plication for the correction of congenital penile curvature in pre-pubertal and post-pubertal patients: Does age matter?

We retrospectively reviewed and compared the results of corporal plication procedures for the correction of congenital penile curvature (CPC) between pre-pubertal and post-pubertal boys and find whether age matters in the success rates. We reviewed the records of 32 patients with CPC without hypospadias treated by simple plication near the 12 o'clock position between 1998 and 2018 in our clinic. Patients under 13 years of age and not had puberty yet were accepted as pre-pubertal.

An evaluation of fecal incontinence in women with urinary incontinence.

Objective: To investigate the occurrence of and risk factors for fecal and/or gas incontinence in female patients having urinary incontinence.

Patients And Methods: 741 consecutive adult female patients presenting with urinary incontinence alone (group 1, n = 700) or urinary incontinence with fecal and/or gas incontinence (group 2, n = 41) were enrolled into the study. As potential risk factors for fecal and/or gas incontinence in this population, the following variables were investigated: age, body mass index, type of urinary incontinence, childbirth history, menopausal symptoms, history of pelvic surgery, neurological disease, diabetes mellitus, tobacco use, constipation, cystocele, rectocele.

Effect of different analgesics on pain relief during extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy.

Background/aim: The aim of this study was  to compare  three drugs for pain relief during shock wave lithotripsy (SWL).

Materials And Methods: Seventy six male patients that were treated for renal stones with SWL were included in this study. They were randomized into four groups.

A novel surgical technique for preserving the bladder neck during robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy: preliminary results.

Purpose: To describe our new surgical technique for preserving the bladder neck during robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP) and to present the anatomy between the bladder neck and prostate.

Methods: Between December 2012 and May 2014, 52 RALPs were performed at our institute. Demographic, perioperative, and postoperative data were recorded.

Laparoscopic nephropexy with polymer clips.

Background And Objectives: We present our initial experience and long-term results with transperitoneal laparoscopic nephropexy with nonabsorbable polymer clips.

Methods: Seven patients aged 34 to 47 years previously diagnosed with mobile kidney presented with chronic pain refractory to analgesics and underwent a transperitoneal laparoscopic nephropexy procedure with nonabsorbable polymer clips by fixing the perirenal tissue to the transversus abdominis fascia and triangular ligament.

Results: Mean operation time was 20 minutes.

The risk of arteriovenous fistula formation after en bloc stapling of the renal hilum during transperitoneal laparoscopic nephrectomies.

Our aim was to evaluate the risk of arteriovenous fistula (AVF) formation after en bloc stapling of the renal hilum during transperitoneal laparoscopic nephrectomies (LNs). A retrospective review of 35 laparoscopic simple or radical nephrectomies or LNs was carried out. Patients were clinically followed up for renal hilar AVF formation, which could lead to new onset diastolic hypertension, abdominal murmur, and congestive heart failure.

Effects of dietary interventions on 24-hour urine parameters in patients with idiopathic recurrent calcium oxalate stones.

The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of dietary factors on 24-hour urine parameters in patients with idiopathic recurrent calcium oxalate stones. A total of 108 of idiopathic recurrent calcium oxalate stones were included in the study. A 24-hour urinalysis was performed and metabolic abnormalities were measured for all of the patients.

Safety of ESWL in elderly: evaluation of independent predictors and comorbidity on stone-free rate and complications.

Aim: Urinary stone disease affects people of all ages. With its satisfactory efficacy ranges in all age groups and lack of side-effects, extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) has become the preferred treatment modality for uncomplicated renal and proximal calculi ≤ 20 mm. In the present study, we aimed to assess the safety and efficacy of the ESWL treatment in elderly patients.

Direct upper kidney pole access and early ligation of renal pedicle significantly facilitates transperitoneal laparoscopic nephrectomy procedures: Tunc technique.

We modified our technique in transperitoneal laparoscopic nephrectomies and compared its results with the classical technique. Classical technique was performed in 85 cases (group 1). Modified technique (n=98) included direct kidney upper pole access and early ligation of renal pedicle (group 2).

Inflammation and oxidative stress in testicular torsion: do they deserve intensive treatment to save both guilty and innocent testes?

Objectives: To investigate at the molecular level, whether the combined use of an antioxidant (L-carnitine) and a selective cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitor (meloxicam) is effective in the treatment of cellular damage caused by testicular torsion.

Methods: A total of 30 male Wistar rats were randomly divided into 5 groups. The control group underwent a sham operation, and the second group underwent torsion/detorsion for 90 minutes.

E-cadherin gene 3'-UTR C/T polymorphism in Turkish patients with nephrolithiasis.

Nephrolithiasis is a complex disease and many gene polymorphisms have been associated with stone formation. In this study we aimed to investigate another possible relationship between E-cadherin gene (CHD1) 3'-UTR C/T polymorphism and calcium oxalate nephrolithiasis in the Turkish population. Study population was composed of 143 patients with nephrolithiasis and 158 control subjects.

Renal tissue damage after experimental pyelonephritis: role of antioxidants and selective cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors.

Objectives: To investigate the involvement of oxidative stress in the pathogenesis of acute pyelonephritis, and to evaluate the impact of meloxicam and/or L-carnitine in addition to conventional antibiotic treatment.

Methods: A total of 48 Wistar rats were divided into 4 groups according to their treatment, which was started 1 day after inoculation of all rats with Escherichia coli (ATCC 25 922, 10(10) cfu/mL). Group 1 received only antibiotic treatment with ceftriaxone (50 mg/kg, IM).

A HindIII polymorphism of fibronectin gene is associated with nephrolithiasis.

Objectives: To evaluate the association between fibronectin gene (FN1) polymorphisms and calcium oxalate nephrolithiasis as a genetic risk factor.

Methods: Genomic DNA of 143 patients with calcium oxalate nephrolithiasis and 154 healthy controls were screened for polymorphisms (HaeIII b, MspI, and HindIII) of the FN1 gene, using polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragments length polymorphism method. Allele and genotype frequencies were compared between the groups.

Heparan sulfate gene polymorphism in calcium oxalate nephrolithiasis.

Calcium oxalate (CaOx) nephrolithiasis has a complex pathogenic mechanism. Besides environmental factors, genetic factors also have influence on stone formation. This study represents the effects of heparan sulfate (HSPG2) gene polymorphism for determining the risk of urolithiasis.

Significance of lower-pole pelvicaliceal anatomy on stone clearance after shockwave lithotripsy in nonobstructive isolated renal pelvic stones.

Purpose: To investigate the probable effect of lower-pole pelvicaliceal anatomy on stone clearance after shockwave lithotripsy (SWL) in patients with nonobstructive renal pelvic stones.

Patients And Methods: The clinical records of patients with isolated renal pelvic stones who underwent SWL between 1996 and 2005 were reviewed. After excluding patients with obstruction leading to dilatation, major anatomic abnormalities, noncalcium stones, metabolic abnormalities, history of recurrent stone disease, multiple stones, and previous renal surgery, 153 patients were enrolled in the study.

The use of polymer clips in transperitoneal laparoscopic nephropexy.

Here we report a patient with symptomatic mobile kidney (nephroptosis) who was treated successfully with transperitoneal laparoscopic nephropexy with the use of nonabsorbable polymer clips. In this procedure, clips were used on Gerota's fascia to fix the kidney to the transversus abdominis fascia and the triangular ligament. This method is easier and requires less time than previously reported techniques.

Laparoscopic nephrectomy for xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis in the absence of kidney stones or clinical urinary infection.

Here, we present a patient who underwent transperitoneal laparoscopic nephrectomy for a nonfunctional kidney on the left side, and who was found to have xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis (XGP) on the subsequent histopathology examination. XGP is a severe, chronic infection of the renal parenchyma. Nephrectomy is the treatment of choice.

The impact of pelvicaliceal features on problematic lower pole stone clearance in different age groups.

Aim: Our aim was to evaluate the impact of pelvicaliceal variables in pediatric and adult age groups who underwent SWL for lower caliceal calculi.

Methods: 25 pediatric and 78 adult patients treated with extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (SWL) between 1996 and 2004 were enrolled into the study after exclusion of patients with hydronephrosis, major renal anatomic anomalies, non-calcium stones, history of recurrent stone disease and previous renal surgery. Lower pole infundibulopelvic angle (IPA), infundibular length (IL), infundibular width (IW) and pelvicaliceal volume were measured from pre-SWL intravenous urography.

The impact of radiological anatomy in clearance of lower caliceal stones after shock wave lithotripsy.

The goal of this study was to determine the factors affecting stone clearance after extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) for lower caliceal stones. Lower pole stone clearance was investigated in 128 (80 males, 48 females) patients treated with ESWL during 1998-2003 in our clinic. Renal anatomy was determined on standard intravenous urogram.

Is there an impact of postoperative urethral and periurethral anatomical features in post-radical retropubic prostatectomy incontinence?

Objectives: To determine the anatomical changes in urethral and periurethral tissues after radical retropubic prostatectomy (RRP) by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and correlate these changes to continence.

Materials And Methods: 14 patients with grade 2-5 incontinence and 16 continent (grade 1) patients who had undergone non-nerve-sparing RRP for clinically localized prostatic carcinoma were evaluated. The sphincteric urethral length, transverse and craniocaudal diameters of both levator ani muscles and the volume of periurethral fibrosis were determined by abdominopelvic MRI.

Pneumatic lithotripsy for large ureteral stones: is it the first line treatment?

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of pneumatic lithotripsy (PL) with ureteroscopy in the treatment of large ureteral stones.

Methods: We reviewed, retrospectively, the records of 156 patients (122 male, 34 female) who had ureteral calculi larger than 10 mm that were treated with PL. Of these patients, 41 (26.

Assessment of urinary symptoms in children with dysfunctional elimination syndrome.

Objective: This study was organized to form a symptom scale for diagnosis and assessment of urinary and bowel symptoms in children with dysfunctional elimination syndrome (DES).

Methods: The study group included 81 children presented to our clinic with symptoms of DES like enuresis, abnormal voiding, urinary tract infection and urgency, between January 2003 and February 2004. Age matched 102 children with no history of urological complaints were randomly recruited from a public school as control group.

Evaluation of sexual function in women with overactive bladder syndrome.

Introduction: Of late, little data is available concerning factors affecting female sexual function. In the present study, we evaluated the effects of overactive bladder (OAB) syndrome symptoms on female sexual function.

Materials And Methods: 40 patients with OAB symptoms and 40 age-matched women as a control group were evaluated using the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) for sexual function.

The impact of urinary incontinence on female sexual function.

Although urinary incontinence is not a life-threatening disorder, it has been shown to have detrimental effects on quality of life in terms of psychological, social, and sexual problems. In this study, investigators explored the effects of different types of urinary incontinence on female sexual function with a reliable and validated questionnaire, the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI). One hundred fifty-three women with complaints of incontinence were enrolled in the study.

Is stone clearance after shockwave lithotripsy in patients with solitary upper-caliceal stone influenced by anatomic differences in the pelvicaliceal system?

Purpose: We investigated the effect of pelvicaliceal differences on stone clearance after extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy (SWL) in patients with solitary upper-caliceal stones.

Patients And Methods: The clinical records of patients with solitary upper-caliceal stones who underwent SWL between 1996 and 2004 were reviewed. After excluding patients with hydronephrosis, significant anatomic abnormalities, non-calcium stones, metabolic abnormalities, recurrent stone disease, multiple stones, and previous renal surgery, 42 patients with a mean stone size of 153.