Robotic simple prostatectomy is a safe and effective technique for benign prostatic hyperplasia: Our single center initial short-term follow-up results for 42 patients.

Objective: Benign prostatic hyperplasia is one of the biggest problems of aging men. Prostate surgery is now well defined in the case of failure of medical therapy. Robotic simple prostatectomy is a minimally invasive surgical method with an alternative to open simple prostatectomy in large prostate volumes.

Is fluoroscopy necessary during flexible ureteroscopy for the treatment of renal stones?

Objective: To investigate the feasibility and effectiveness of flexible ureteroscopy (fURS) without fluoroscopy during the treatment of renal stones.

Patients And Methods: Between April 2013 and August 2018, 744 patients' data were evaluated retrospectively. Of these, 576 patients were included in the study.

Does preoperative use of silodosin affect the stages of F-URS procedure?

Objectives: To evaluate the effect of silodosin on stages of the flexible ureterorenoscopy (F-URS) procedures.

Methods: Between November 2015 and August 2017, a total of 76 patients suffering from 10-30 mm kidney stone were enrolled in this randomized prospective study. Patients were randomly divided into 2 groups for treatment: Group 1 had F-URS with preoperative daily uptake of 8 mg silodosin for 10 days, and group 2 had F-URS without silodosin uptake.

Does biofeedback therapy improve quality of life in children with lower urinary tract dysfunction: parents' perspective.

Introduction: Lower urinary tract dysfunction (LUTD) is a situation that often disrupts the quality of life (QoL) of both the child and the family with daytime and nighttime incontinence. Although the first-line treatment option for children with LUTD is standard urotherapy, biofeedback therapy can be performed in children in which standard urotherapy failed.

Objective: We studied the biofeedback success in children with LUTD according to parents' expressions.

Unusual intrascrotal lesions in adults in urological practice.

Objective: Unusual intrascrotal lesions in adults generally have been described as case reports in the medical literature. We present two lesions observed in two clinics over more than 28 years, with their radiological, pathological and clinical characteristics.

Methods: Retrospective study preformed between 1989 and 2017 in 446 patients undergoing inguinal orchiectomy.

Application of ureteral access sheath under direct visualization: Description of a technique for difficult ureters.

To introduce a new technique for the placement of ureteral access sheaths (UAS) when there is failure in standard UAS placement. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Between March 2014 and June 2016, a total of 25 patients had difficulty while UAS placement during F-URS procedures. The placement of UAS in these patients was accomplished by utilizing the technique outlined in this study.

Our experience with ureterocystoplasty in bilateral functional kidneys.

Objective: We have reviewed the data of the patients in order to evaluate the effectiveness of our ureterocystoplasty technique in augmentation cystoplasty operation.

Material And Methods: Data of a total of 16 patients with bilateral functional kidneys who had undergone augmentation ureterocystoplasty between January 1995 and June 2018 which were retrieved during the retrospective archive scanning were included in the study. Ultrasonography (USG), serum blood urea nitrogen and creatinine values and Technetium-99 DTPA (Tc-99 DTPA) scan were used to evaluate the renal function of the patients.

Comparison of renal function after robot - assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy versus retropubic radical prostatectomy.

Purpose: To investigate the effect of robot assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALP) and open retropubic radical prostatectomy (RRP) on early renal function in this study.

Materials And Methods: Preoperative and postoperative urea, creatinine, Hb, eGFR values of patients who had undergone RALP and RRP with prostate cancer (PCa) diagnosis were recorded in our clinic. The percentages of change in these values are calculated.

Flexible Ureterorenoscopy versus Mini-Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy for the Treatment of Renal Stones.

Purpose: To compare the pain status and stone free rates of flexible ureterorenoscopy (F-URS) versus mini-percutaneousnephrolithotomy (mini-PNL) for the treatment of 1-to 2-cm renal stones.

Materials And Methods: This study was retrospectively designed with match paired method. Between January 2013 and December 2016, 387 patients underwent stone surgery for renal stones, 45 patients underwent FURS and 45 patients underwent mini-PNL.

Shock wave lithotripsy or retrograde intrarenal surgery: which one is more effective for 10-20-mm renal stones in children.

Objectives: To compare shock wave lithotripsy and flexible ureteroscopy in children with renal stone's diameter of 10 to 20 mm.

Materials And Methods: This is a retrospective study including 79 children, who had renal stone and underwent either shock wave lithotripsy or flexible ureteroscopy between January 2007 and June 2017. Of those, 38 patients underwent shock wave lithotripsy assigned as group 1 and 41 patients underwent flexible ureteroscopy assigned as group 2.

The Efficacy of Ureteroscopy Without Fluoroscopy for Ureteral and Renal Stones in Pediatric Patients.

Objectives: In the pediatric population, there have been significant improvements in the treatment of stones in recent years. Conventionally, ureteroscopy (URS) and/or retrograde intrarenal surgery are techniques performed with fluoroscopy. When using fluoroscopy, problems, including malignancy, may arise because of radiation exposure in the patient, physician, and operation room staff.

The histopathological effects of intracavernosal mitomycin-C injection in a rat Peyronie's disease model.

Introduction: We aimed to evaluate whether or not mitomycin-C (MMC) has an antifibrotic effect on transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-β)-induced Peyronie's disease (PD) in a rat model.

Methods: Eighteen 12-week-old male Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into three groups: Group 1=TGF-β1 (n=7); Group 2=TGF-β1+MMC (n=7); and Group 3=Sham group (0.25 ml bovine serum albumin injected) (n=4).

Our experiences with robot- assisted laparoscopic surgery in pediatric patients: the first case series from Turkey.

Objective: Robotic surgery is a leading treatment option for minimally invasive surgery and has an increasing popularity in pediatric population, as well. In this article, we reported our case series of robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery in pediatric population.

Material And Methods: We retrospectively reviewed 29 consecutive pediatric patients who underwent robot- assisted procedures between May 2014 and October 2016.

Surgical management of urinary stones with abnormal kidney anatomy.

In spite of the fact that urologic surgical techniques used by urologists are becoming more and more minimally invasive and easier because of developing technologies, surgical approaches for the urinary stones in kidneys with abnormal anatomy are still confusing. The objective of this article is to determine the treatment options in these kidneys. For this purpose, between 2005 and 2015, we retrospectively evaluated patients operated for urolithiasis with various congenital renal anomalies in five referral urology clinics in our country.

Concised Form for Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction Symptom Scale in Children.

Introduction: Symptom Scales (SS) are questionnaires for evaluating and following up of special illnesses. SS used for the diagnosis and follow-up of Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction (LUTD) in children is called LUTD Symptom Scale (LUTDSS).

Aim: Aim of the present study was to identify the questions which are more important for the diagnosis of LUTD in children and create a simpler SS.

Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Repair of Spontaneous Appendicovesical Fistula.

Background: To report the first case of the spontaneous appendicovesical fistulas' (AVF) repair with robot assisted laparoscopy.

Case Presentation: A 29-year-old male patient with urgent persistant bacteriuria and dysuria was referred to our clinic. Physical examination and blood tests were normal.

Biofeedback as a first-line treatment for overactive bladder syndrome refractory to standard urotherapy in children.

Introduction: Overactive bladder syndrome (OAB) and dysfunctional voiding (DV) are subgroups of lower urinary tract dysfunction (LUTD). Standard urotherapy is the first-line treatment option of OAB in children.

Objectives: The aim was to investigate the use of biofeedback as a first-line treatment option in OAB refractory to standard urotherapy, and determine the factors affecting efficacy.

The role of urinary nerve growth factor for the diagnosis and assessment of the biofeedback success in children with dysfunctional voiding.

Introduction: Dysfunctional voiding (DV) occurs in neurologically normal children who are not able to establish brain control on detrusor muscle contractions (DMCs). It is also reported to be the result of incorrect voiding habits during toilet training. Children contract pelvic floor muscles (PFMs) to suppress DMC and DV begins.