Comparison of Tumor Enucleation and Standard Partial Nephrectomy According to Trifecta Outcomes: A Multicenter Study by the Turkish Academy of Urology, Uro-Oncology Working Group.

Introduction: We aimed to evaluate the impact of the resection technique (tumor enucleation (TE) or standard partial nephrectomy (SPN)) on trifecta outcomes in patients having undergone partial nephrectomy (PN).

Materials And Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the clinical and pathologic parameters in patients with localized renal cell carcinoma (pT1-2N0M0) who had undergone PN between January 2001-December 2018 at one of 15 different tertiary referral centers. Multivariable logistic regression analysis was applied to investigate independent predictors of trifecta failure, decreased postoperative renal functions (decreased estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) > 10%), perioperative complications (Clavien-Dindo > 1), and positive surgical margins.

Comparison of long-term outcomes of laparoscopic and robot-assisted laparoscopic partial nephrectomy.

In this study, we compared the long-term oncological and functional outcomes of laparoscopic partial nephrectomy (LPN) and robot-assisted laparoscopic partial nephrectomy (RAPN) performed in the treatment of renal tumors. The data of 142 patients (RAPN = 71, LPN = 71) were evaluated. Demographic data, perioperative and postoperative outcomes, long-term (5-year) overall survival (OS) and cancer-specific survival (CSS) rates of the patients were compared between the two groups.

Analysis of factors affecting repeat microdissection testicular sperm extraction outcomes in infertile men.

Objective: There is no clear consensus on which patients and how many of microscopic testicular sperm extraction (mTESE) procedures will be successful. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the sperm retrieval rates and factors affecting these rates in men who underwent repeat mTESEs.

Material And Methods: A total of 346 patients who underwent mTESE for sperm retrieval were included in the study.

The effect of percutaneous nephrostomy implementation on the outcome of ureteroscopic stone treatment.

Purpose: We aimed to investigate the effect of percutaneous nephrostomy (PCN) implementation on the second ureteroscopy (URS) outcomes after a failed URS.

Materials And Methods: The data of four hundred forty-eight patients with an unsuccessful URS history were evaluated. Patients were divided into two groups; patients who underwent PCN before second URS (Group A) and patients who did not (Group B).

Do body mass index, hormone profile and testicular volume effect sperm retrieval rates of microsurgical sperm extraction in the patients with nonobstructive azoospermia?

Objective: We aimed to evaluate the effect of body mass index (BMI), follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), and luteinizing hormone (LH) levels and the mean testicular volume on sperm retrieval rates in microsurgical sperm extraction (microTESE) in the patients with nonobstructive azoospermia (NOA).

Material And Methods: The data of 282 infertile patients with NOA were analysed retrospectively. The patients with normal karyotype and no Y microdeletions were included in the study.

Comparison of percutaneous nephrostomy and double J stent in symptomatic pregnancy hydronephrosis treatment.

Background/aim: We aimed to compare the success rate of percutaneous nephrostomy (PCN) and double J stenting (DJS) in the treatment of symptomatic pregnancy hydronephrosis. Materials and methods: Diagnosis and grading of hydronephrosis were performed by urinary ultrasound (USG) and Doppler mode was used for evaluation of renal arterial resistivity index (RI). Patients were divided into two groups according to the method used for the treatment of hydronephrosis: group A (PCN, n = 38) and group B (DJS, n = 46).

The relationship between lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 with cardiovascular risk factors in testosterone deficiency.

Objective: Lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 (Lp-PLA2) which is believed to play a role in atherosclerotic inflammatory process due to its function in hydrolysis of phospholipids and release of pro-inflammatory products, is considered as a novel biomarker for vascular risk. In this study we aimed to investigate the alterations in Lp-PLA2 and its relationship with other cardiovascular risk factors in patients with testosterone deficiency.

Material And Methods: Forty hypogonadic male and 30 healthy male aged between 18-50 years were enrolled in this study.

Identification of Y chromosome microdeletions in infertile Turkish men.

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the frequencies of Y chromosome microdeletions in infertile azoospermic and oligozoospermic Turkish men and in healthy control subjects.

Material And Methods: Sixty-four azoospermic and 51 oligozoospermic patients infertile patients, and 70 healthy men who had a child without the aid of assisted reproductive technologies were included in this study. DNA was extracted from peripheral blood samples collected from the patients.

Relationship between erectile dysfunction and silent coronary artery disease: detection with multidetector computed tomography coronary angiography.

Aim: Our aim was to determine the relationship between erectile dysfunction (ED) and silent coronary artery disease (CAD) by multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) coronary angiography.

Methods: Thirty consecutive men with nonhormonal and nonpsychogenic ED and with no cardiac symptoms were evaluated. Medical history, physical examination and laboratory investigation were performed.

Biochemical recurrence after radical prostatectomy: is the disease or the surgeon to blame?

Purpose: The PSA recurrence develops in 27 to 53% within ten years after radical prostatectomy (RP). We investigated the factors (disease grade and stage or the surgeon's expertise,) more likely to influence biochemical recurrence in men post-radical prostatectomy for organ-confined prostate cancer by different surgeons in the same institution.

Materials And Methods: A total of 510 patients that underwent radical prostatectomy were investigated retrospectively.

The comparison of premature ejaculation assessment questionnaires and their sensitivity for the four premature ejaculation syndromes: results from the Turkish society of andrology sexual health survey.

Introduction: In addition to the previously defined "lifelong" and "acquired" premature ejaculation (PE), the existence of two more subtypes of PE, namely "natural variable PE" and "premature-like ejaculatory dysfunction," has been proposed.

Aims: To evaluate the diagnostic value of the Premature Ejaculation Diagnostic Tool (PEDT) and Arabic Index of Premature Ejaculation (AIPE) in a population-based study, in relation to their sensitivity across these four different PE syndromes and to assess the Premature Ejaculation Profile (PEP) scores of patients with lifelong, acquired, natural variable PE and premature-like ejaculatory dysfunction.

Methods: Between June 2009 and December 2009, couples were randomly selected from 17 provinces of Turkey.

Prevalence of the complaint of ejaculating prematurely and the four premature ejaculation syndromes: results from the Turkish Society of Andrology Sexual Health Survey.

Introduction: In addition to the previously known lifelong and acquired premature ejaculation (PE) syndromes, the existence of two more PE syndromes has been suggested: natural variable PE and premature-like ejaculatory dysfunction. However, epidemiological studies investigating the prevalence of these four PE syndromes have yet to be conducted.

Aim: To determine the prevalence of the complaint of ejaculating prematurely across the four PE syndromes.

Determination of nitric oxide synthase activity and apoptosis of germ cells in different obstruction models.

We aimed to determine the changes of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) immunoreactivity and apoptosis after proximal and distal obstruction models on ipsilateral and contralateral testicular tissues. Male albino Wistar rats were randomly divided into three groups (n=30): a control group which underwent sham operations (n=10), a unilateral vasal ligation (n=10) and a unilateral epididymal ligation group (n=10). iNOS and eNOS distribution and apoptosis were studied in both ipsilateral and contralateral testes using quantitative immunohistochemistry.

Immunohistochemical expression of connexin 43 and occludin in the rat testis after epididymal and vasal ligation.

Objective: To describe the effects of epididymal and vasal ligation, in an experimental rat model, by using connexin 43 and occludin immunohistochemistry as well as transmission electron microscopy.

Design: Comparative and controlled experimental research study.

Setting: University animal research and histology laboratories in Turkey.

Comparative study of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy outcomes for proximal and distal ureteric stones.

Objective: To assess the efficacy of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) monotherapy for isolated proximal ureteral calculi and compare it to that for isolated distal calculi.

Patient And Methods: We treated 68 patients with isolated ureteral stones using MPL 9000. Stones were located in the proximal and distal ureters in 44 and 24 patients, respectively.

Streptozotocin-induced diabetic effects on spermatogenesis with proliferative cell nuclear antigen immunostaining of adult rat testis.

Objective: To examine the histopathological effects of diabetes on spermatogenesis and to detect the proliferation of germ cells with proliferative cell nuclear antigen (PCNA).

Design: Controlled experimental study.

Setting: The animal laboratory of the Experimental Surgery Center of Ege University, Izmir, Turkey.

The effects of female age on the outcome of testicular sperm extraction and intracytoplasmic sperm injection in infertile patients with azoospermia.

Introduction: Testicular sperm extraction (TESE) is well-defined procedure for surgical sperm retrieval in obstructive and non-obstructive azoospermia. This study was focused on the effectiveness of testicular sperm extraction and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) for azoospermic men with different female age subgroups.

Materials And Methods: A total of 107 men with azoospermia underwent TESE and ICSI treatment.