Impulse control and its association with ejaculation time in men with premature ejaculation.

Background: The relationship between impulse control and premature ejaculation (PE), the most common sexual dysfunction in men, is not yet well understood.

Aim: To assess the association between impulse control issues and the severity of PE in men with a lifelong diagnosis of this condition.

Methods: A cross-sectional observational study was designed to evaluate patients who presented to the clinic with complaints of PE between March 2023 and March 2024.

The effect of music therapy on anxiety and pain scores in patients undergoing retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS) under spinal anesthesia: a prospective, randomized controlled clinical trial.

To prospectively investigate the effect of music therapy on patient's anxiety and pain level during retrograde intrarenal surgery under spinal anesthesia. 286 patients aged above 18 years, who underwent Retrograde Intrarenal Surgery (RIRS) under spinal anesthesia for renal or ureteral calculi were evaluated between January 2023 and June 2023 by a prospective, randomized, controlled clinical protocol. Patients were randomized into 2 groups.

Characteristics and Risk Factors of Workplace Violence: Experiences of Urologists Working in Turkey.

Objective: To investigate how safe urologists feel in their work environment and the sociodemographic characteristics and working conditions that affect their sense of security.

Materials And Methods: The study was conducted with urologists working in different hospitals. Data were collected through a 2-part online survey that took a few minutes to complete.

A new protocol for renal collecting system sterilization with antibiotic irrigation during lithotripsy in retrograde intrarenal surgery: a prospective, comparative study.

Purpose: To present a new protocol using antibiotic irrigation during lithotripsy in retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS) to provide sterility of the renal collecting system.

Methods: This prospective study included 102 patients who underwent RIRS between January 2022 and August 2023. The patients were examined in two groups as those who received antibiotic irrigation (n:51) and standard irrigation (n:51).

Management of Priapism: Results of a Nationwide Survey and Comparison with International Guidelines.

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.

Women in urology: Gender differences in urologists' authorship in high impact journals.

Background: The number of women among medical doctors and surgeons continues to rise. However, urology remains one of the least preferred specialties by female physicians, resulting in the inadequate academic representation of female urologists. In this study we examined changes in the representation of female urologists in the journals European Urology (EU) and Journal of Urology (JOU) and investigated in which urology subspecialties female urologists focus their academic studies.

Risk Factors for Infectious Complications in Patients Undergoing Retrograde Intrarenal Surgery.

Objective: To investigate the risk factors that may cause urinary tract infection (UTI) in patients applied with retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS).

Study Design: An observational study.

Place And Duration Of Study: Departments of Urology, Ankara Training and Research Hospital, Turkey, from September 2014 to April 2017.

Comparision of Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy and Retrograde Intrarenal Surgery For The Treatment of Multicalyceal and Multiple Renal Stones.

Purpose: Comparison of efficiency and reliability of percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PNL) and retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS) in treatment of multicalyceal and multiple renal stones in the same renal unit.

Materials And Methods: Between 2011 and 2015, records of patients who underwent surgery for renal stone were retrospectively reviewed. Patients who had multiple stones located in different calices in the same renal unit were included.

Should manual detorsion be a routine part of treatment in testicular torsion?

Background: It was aimed to investigate the efficiency and reliability of the manual detorsion (MD) procedure in patients diagnosed with testicular torsion (TT).

Methods: A retrospective analysis was made of the data of 57 patients diagnosed with TT, comprising 20 patients with successful MD (Group I), 28 patients who underwent emergency orchiopexy (Group II), and 9 patients applied with orchiectomy (Group III). The groups were compared in respect of age, and duration of pain.

Does maternal exposure during pregnancy to higher ambient temperature increase the risk of hypospadias?

Introduction: The association between ambient temperature that the mother is exposed to during pregnancy and hypospadias has not been investigated by the studies, although the recent studies showed the correlation between some congenital malformations (congenital heart disease, neural tube defect, etc.) and ambient temperature.

Objective: The aim was to investigate the relation between hypospadias and the ambient temperatures that the mother is exposed to during her pregnancy.