Management of a Penile Fracture With Concurrent Urethral Injury: A Case Report.

A penile fracture is typically a urological emergency resulting from blunt trauma to the penis, particularly during sexual activity, and it is rarely associated with urethral injury. A 52-year-old male patient presented to our emergency department with complaints of penile swelling and bruising following sexual intercourse. Assessment of the patient indicated the presence of both penile fracture and anterior urethral injury, and simultaneous repairs were performed.

Uncovering the Penile Clock: Expression of Molecular Clock Proteins in Human Penile Cavernous Tissue.

Purpose: To evaluate the expression of core molecular clock genes/proteins in penile cavernous tissue from healthy male subjects and to determine whether their expression has circadian variation.

Materials And Methods: Corpus cavernosum biopsy samples were obtained from 10 healthy males with penile deviation or fracture who underwent surgical intervention during the day and night. The daytime group (n=5) underwent corpus cavernosum tissue sampling during zeitgeber time (ZT) 8-12, while the nighttime group (n=5) underwent sampling during ZT 20-24.

Effect of preoperative single-dose methylprednisolone administration on early postoperative pain following retrograde intrarenal surgery.

Purpose: To evaluate the effect of preoperative single-dose methylprednisolone use on postoperative early pain after retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS).

Methods: Patients who had 10-20 mm solitary kidney stones and underwent RIRS procedures were included in this prospective cohort study between February 2022 and May 2023. Patients who were administered methylprednisolone at a dose of 1 mg/kg preoperatively were included in group 1 (n: 31), and the other first 90 patients who met the inclusion criteria and did not receive methylprednisolone before surgery were included in group 2 (n: 90).

Transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) versus transperineal laser ablation (TPLA) due to benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH): prospective and comparative study.

Aim: We aimed to compare the first-year results of Transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP), the gold standard method, and Transperineal laser ablation (TPLA) techniques.

Material And Methods: This study was designed as a prospective, randomized, controlled, and single-center and was conducted between November 2021 and February 2023. TURP candidates were included in the study.

The severity of renal colic pain: Can it be predicted?

Introduction: We aimed to determine whether there was a relationship between the perception of renal colic pain and different psychosocial and physiological factors.

Methods: Between May 2021 and July 2022, we prospectively analyzed 320 patients over the age of 18 who were diagnosed with renal colic occurring unilaterally and secondary to a single kidney stone of any size. Body mass index (BMI), education level, hospital anxiety and depression scale (HADS), somatosensory amplification scale (SAS), and the visual analog scale (VAS) features of stone (diameter, Hounsfield value, and localization) and degree of hydronephrosis were analyzed.

The effect of an information video on preoperative anxiety level before percutaneous nephrolithotomy procedure: A prospective, randomized trial.

Introduction: We aimed to show the effect of patient information videos on preoperative anxiety before performing the percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL ) for kidney stones.

Methods: This study was designed as a randomized, controlled trial with patients scheduled for PCNL operation for kidney stones. Demographic information, such as age, gender, and American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) score, were collected.

Value of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in predicting surgical intervention for hydronephrosis during pregnancy.

Background: We aimed to examine the hematological parameters of pregnant patients with ureteral stones that require intervention.

Methods: Medical data of patients presenting to urology department between October 2018 and December 2020 were retrospectively analyzed. Patients with flank pain associated with hydronephrosis were included in the study and divided into two groups according to whether an intervention was performed or not (Group-1, Group-2).

A new biomarker for lung metastasis in non-seminomatous testicular cancer: De Ritis Ratio.

Purpose: We aimed to show that the De Ritis Ratio (DRR) may be a new biomarker for lung metastasis in non-seminomatous Testicular Cancers (TC).

Material And Methods: Patients who underwent radical orchiectomy due to TC between January 2010 and January 2021 were included in the study. Demographic characteristics, preoperative laboratory and radiological findings and pathological data of the patients were recorded.

The relationship between testosterone levels and Peyronie's disease.

Aetiologic and predisposing factors are still controversial about Peyronie's disease (PD). However, it is thought to be the result of connective tissue disorder or healing defect. Androgens are known to affect collagen metabolism and wound healing in the body.

Urosepsis caused by Kluyvera Ascorbata in a Pregnant Woman.

Among the Kluyvera species, K. ascorbata has been isolated from only a few adult cases. Furthermore, there is little or no information in the literature as to whether the species of Kluyvera can cause a clinically significant infection in pregnant women.

Factors affecting fluoroscopy time during percutaneous nephrolithotomy: Impact of stone volume distribution in renal collecting system.

Purpose: To identify the factors increased fluoroscopy time during percutaneous nephrolithotomy and investigate the relationship between the 3D segmentation volume ratio of stone to renal collecting system and fluoroscopy time.

Materials And Methods: Data from 102 patients who underwent percutaneous nephrolithotomy were analyzed retrospectively. Volume segmentation of both the renal collecting system and stones were obtained from 3D segmentation software with the images on CT data.

The role of inflammatory parameters (neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio, and monocyte-to-eosinophil ratio) in patients with Peyronie's disease.

Objectives: The aim of the study was to investigate the ability of the systemic inflammatory parameters to predict the discrimination of the phases of Peyronie's disease (PD).

Materials And Methods: Demographic, clinical, and laboratory data from 156 patients with PD were analyzed. A complete blood count (CBC) was obtained for every patient, and the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR), and monocyte-to-eosinophil ratio (MER) were calculated for every men.

Is high levels of vitamin D a new risk factor for Peyronie's disease?

The aim of this study is to investigate whether serum vitamin D level predicts the risk of Peyronie's disease. Calcium and inflammatory cytokines play an important role during fibrocalcification of the plaques in Peyronie's Disease. TGF-β1 is one of the most fibrogenic cytokines.

Are Platelet Indices such as Platelet Volume, Platelet Distribution Width, and Plateletcrit Associated with Peyronie Disease?

Purpose: Peyronie disease (PD) occurs as a result of recurrent microvascular injuries or trauma of the tunica albuginea, although its precise etiology is unknown. Mean platelet volume (MPV), platelet distribution width (PDW), and plateletcrit (PCT), which are parameters indicative of platelet activity, are considered to be functional markers of platelets involved in the pathophysiology of related inflammatory and vascular diseases. In this study, we aimed to examine the relationship between PD and platelet indices.

Formula for predicting the impaction of ureteral stones.

The purpose of the study was to investigate variables that may predict ureteral stone impaction and create a new model to predict more accurately stone impaction based on preoperative NCCT findings. Data of 238 patients who underwent URS were analyzed. Stone size, stone location, Hounsfield unit (HU) value of the stone, ureteral wall thickness (UWT) and grade of hydronephrosis were recorded.

Bladder Hernia, Bladder Stone and Contralateral Bowel Hernia: An Usual Combination.

We report and discuss a rare case of inguino-scrotal urinary bladder herniation (IBH) complicated with a big urinary bladder stone and contralateral indirect inguinal bowel hernia. A 68-year male patient presented to the outpatient urology department with a 4-year history of right inguino-scrotal pain and swelling, which was gradually increasing in size, and of intermittent swelling in the left groin. Physical examination revealed right irreducible inguino-scrotal hernia and reducible left inguinal hernia extending to the groin.

The effect of overactive bladder treatment with anticholinergics on female sexual function in women: a prospective observational study.

Purpose: The aim of the study was to determine the effect of anticholinergics used for overactive bladder treatment on the sexual function of women.

Methods: Between January 2016 and August 2018, over 18 years old, 216 sexual active women with OAB and 165 healthy women as control group were prospectively enrolled in the study. Five different anticholinergics were used for the treatment.

Procalcitonin as an early indicator of urosepsis following prostate biopsy.

Background: To investigate the usefulness of serum procalcitonin (PCT) in the early diagnosis of urinary tract infection (UTI) and urosepsis following transrectal prostate biopsy.

Methods: In this prospective observational study, 227 patients who underwent transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy were evaluated. The relationship between urosepsis and age, serum PCT, C-reactive protein, prostate-specific antigen (PSA), prostate volume, PSA density and pathologic results following biopsy was assessed.

Superoxide Anion Production by the Spermatozoa of Men with Varicocele: Relationship with Varicocele Grade and Semen Parameters.

Purpose: To investigate the pathophysiological role of superoxide anion and total reactive oxygen species (ROS) production by the spermatozoa of men with varicocele and its relationship with varicocele grade and semen parameters.

Materials And Methods: This prospective study included 34 men with grade II-III varicocele, regardless of their fertility status. The control group consisted of 13 healthy men.