Changes in prostate specific antigen value in patients with COVID-19.

Objectives: To evaluate changes in prostate-specific antigen (PSA) values in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

Method: Male patients who were admitted to our flu outpatient clinic with cough, fever, weakness, and bone and joint pain were evaluated. The acute phase reactants of erythrocyte sedimentation rate, C-reactive protein, ferritin, and fibrinogen were measured both at the time the patients first presented at the clinic and 1 month after recovery from COVID-19 infection.

How has the COVID-19 pandemic changed treatment preferences of patients with proximal ureteral stones?

Background: The impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on patient decision making remains uncertain. This study aimed to investigate the effect of the pandemic on treatment preferences of patients with proximal ureteral stones.

Materials And Methods: Retrospective data regarding treatment preferences of patients diagnosed with symptomatic proximal ureteral stones between July 2018 and November 2021 at a single center were analyzed.

Comparison of bipolar radiofrequency thermotherapy and transurethral prostate resection in treatment of benign prostate hyperplasia.

Objectives: Lower urinary tract symptoms due to benign prostatic hyperplasia in men increase with aging. Risks related to anesthesia and surgery have led a search for alternative treatments. Bipolar radiofrequency (RF) thermotherapy is one of the methods adopted in patients with high surgical risks.

A New Scoring System to Differentiate Bladder Cancer from Intravesical Prostatic Protrusion in the Bladder Neck: BCa-IPP Score.

Objective: The aim of this study was to explore the criteria that can predict bladder cancer among the lesions that could not be differentiated from intravesical prostate protrusion (IPP) and to create a scoring system using these criteria.

Methods: A retrospective analysis was made of patients with an ultrasound report indicating lesions in the bladder neck, for which differentiation between bladder cancer and IPP could not be determined. A total of 174 patients diagnosed with bladder cancer (n=102) or benign prostate lesion (n=72) according to the biopsy results were enrolled in the study.

A new position utilizing the effect of gravity in proximal ureteral stones, ureteroscopic lithotripsy in the reverse Trendelenburg position: a prospective, randomized, comparative study.

Purpose: To evaluate the effect of the reverse Trendelenburg position in patients undergoing ureteroscopic lithotripsy for proximal ureteral stones.

Methods: The study included 167 patients who underwent ureteroscopic lithotripsy for proximal ureter stones between December 2020 and September 2022. The patients were randomly assigned to one of three groups: standard lithotomy (n:55), 10° reverse Trendelenburg (n:55), and 20° reverse Trendelenburg (n:57).

Optimal Dwelling Time for Ureteral Stents Placed for Passive Dilation after Impassable Ureteroscopy.

Introduction: The aim of the study was to determine the correlation between the dwelling time for a ureteral stent placed for passive dilation after impassable ureteroscopy and success and complications.

Methods: A retrospective evaluation was made of patients who underwent stent placement after impassable ureteroscopy and a repeat ureteroscopy due to kidney stones. A total of 161 patients were included in the study between 2015 and 2022.

How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected patients with primary bladder cancer?

Purpose: The COVID-19-induced effects of primary bladder cancer (BC) patients have not yet been clarified. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of the pandemic on the diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of primary BC patients.

Material And Methods: A retrospective single-center analysis was made of all patients who underwent diagnostic and surgical procedures due to primary BC between November 2018 and July 2021.

Effect of dexpanthenol on wound healing in penile fracture model: An experimental study.

Objectives: In the present study, we aimed to investigate the effect of dexpanthenol on wound healing at the histopathological level on cavernous tissue.

Materials And Methods: Forty-four Wistar albino rats weighing 220-250 g were used. The rats were randomly divided into four groups as Group B, Group S, Group LD, and Group SD.

Effect of Re-TUR time on recurrence and progression in high-risk non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer.

Objective: We aimed to investigate the significance of time to re-staging transurethral resection (re-TUR) on recurrence and progression rates in patients with high-risk non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer as a prospective randomized study.

Methods: The patients were randomly separated into three groups according to Re-TUR timing. In Groups 1, 2, and 3, the time interval between initial and re-TUR was 14-28 days, 29-42 days, and 43-56 days, respectively.

The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on patients with testicular germ cell tumor.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the referral, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of germ cell tumor (GCT).

Methods: A retrospective single-center analysis of all patients who underwent diagnostic and surgical procedures due to GCT was performed from September 2018 to September 2021.

Results: 65 patients were enrolled into the study by dividing them into two groups as before pandemic (Pre-CovGCT) and during the pandemic (CovGCT).

Efficacy of Obturator Nerve Block During Transurethral Resection on Non-muscle invasive Intermediate and High Risk Lateral Wall Bladder Tumours: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Study.

Purpose: We aimed to investigate the effects of obturator nerve block (ONB) on obturator reflex, incomplete resection, perforation, progression and recurrence of tumor, presence of muscle tissue in the specimen, need for a second transurethral resection (TURBT) of bladder tumors, and postoperative complications in patients who underwent TURBT for intermediate-high risk lateral wall non-muscle invasive bladder cancers (NMIBC).

Material And Methods: Patients were assigned to one of two groups by drawing lots: ONB or none ONB. Early and late recurrence, tumor progression, obturator reflex beat, incomplete resection, perforation, presence of muscle layer in pathology, second TURBT application, operation time, postoperative hospital stay, and complications were compared between the two groups.

The Histopathological Effect of Aloe Vera on the Wound Healing Process in a Surgically Created Tubularized Incised Plate Urethroplasty Model on Rats.

Background: Hypospadias is a common congenital anomaly which is determined as an abnormal urethral opening on the ventral face of penis. The purpose of this rat model study was to research the effect of topically applied Aloe vera after a tubularized incised plate urethroplasty (TIPU).

Methods: The TIPU model was applied to male Wistar albino rats.

Long-term postoperative follow-up results of transobturator autologous rectus fascial sling versus transobturator tension-free vaginal tapes for female stress urinary incontinence: Randomized controlled clinical trial.

Aims: To evaluate the outcomes of a new surgical technique for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence (SUI).

Methods: This randomized study included 132 index patients from January 2017 to May 2021, 60 applied with autologous facia and 60 with transobturator tension-free vaginal tape (TVT-O). The primary endpoint was dryness (negative stress test and 0 pad use per day) and this was assessed at 3, 6, 12, and 24 months.

Does intraurethral erythropoietin administration effect wound healing after hypospadias correction? an experimental rat study.

Objectives: To analyze effects of intraurethral EPO application on urethral wound healing by defining hystopathologic changes in a rat model of hypospadias.

Methods: A hypospadias model was created in 30 rats and randomized into 3 groups of 10. For 14 days, the first group was administered 25 iu EPO instillation intraurethrally once a day, while group 2 was administered with 50 iu EPO in the same manner.

Efficacy and safety of fURS in stones larger than 20 mm: is it still the threshold?

Introduction: The aim of this article was to evaluate the safety and efficiency of flexible ureteroscopy (fURS) in the management of renal calculi larger than 20 mm.

Material And Methods: A total of 92 cases with renal calculi were managed with fURS and divided into two groups depending on the size of the stones; <20 mm and >20 mm (Group 1 and Group 2, respectively). The groups were compared with respect to treatment-related parameters including success, complication rates, hospitalization period and need for auxiliary procedures with an emphasis on the rate of infections.

Detection of human papillomavirus subtypes harbored in the foreskin of asymptomatic boys: Controlled study.

Introduction: Human papillomavirus infection (HPV) is one of the most common sexually transmitted infections and can cause penile and anal cancer in men, and invasive cervical cancer in women.

Objective: To evaulate the colonization of 32 HPV subtypes in the foreskin of boys.

Study Design: A prospective analysis was made of the data of 62 healthy boys who had undergone standard circumcision.

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.

The effect of intraurethral dexpanthenol in hypospadias repair: experimental rabbit study.

Introduction: In this study, the authors aimed to research the histopathologic effects of intraurethral use of dexpanthenol for hypospadias repair. Dexpanthenol is a derivative of pantothenic acid, a B complex vitamin. Pantothenic acid is a molecule contributing in the structure of coenzyme A.

Bosniak Classification and other Variables in the Prediction of Renal Cystic Masses.

Objective: To evaluate the variables of cystic renal lesions to predict the renal tumors.

Study Design: An observational study.

Place And Duration Of Study: Urology Department, Ankara Yüksek Ihtisas, Samsun Research and Training Hospitals, Turkey, from January 2013 to June 2017.

Using a checklist to increase the effectiveness of behavioral therapy for overactive bladder: A prospective randomized controlled trial.

Aim: To evaluate the benefits of a newly established checklist form of behavioral therapy for overactive bladder (OAB).

Methods: Of a total of 180 patients suffering eight or more micturitions, two or more nocturia, seven or more urgency, or four more urinary urgency incontinence (UUI) episodes per day according to a 3-day bladder diary, 155 were randomly divided into four groups. Group I (n = 29) patients were instructed to apply only behavioral therapy as a written guideline and group II (n = 27) patients were instructed to apply behavioral therapy with a written checklist.

A new checklist method enhances treatment compliance and response of behavioural therapy for primary monosymptomatic nocturnal enuresis: a prospective randomised controlled trial.

Purpose: The aim of the study was to demonstrate the benefits of a newly-established written checklist of behavioural instructions for monosymptomatic nocturnal enuresis.

Methods: From a total of 96 parents with children who complain of bedwetting three or more nights per week for at least 14 days, 79 were randomly divided into three groups. Group I (n = 27) were instructed to apply only behavioural therapy as a written guideline, Group II (n = 26) were instructed to apply behavioural therapy with a written checklist for parents to fully complete and Group III (n = 26) received desmopressin treatment plus verbal behavioural therapy.

Intraurethral Erythropoietin to Prevent Fibrosis and Improve Urethral Healing: An Experimental Study in a Rat Model.

Objective: To determine the effects of intraurethral erythropoietin (EPO) on an experimentally induced urethral injury in a rat model with respect to wound healing enhancement and the prevention of spongiofibrosis MATERIAL AND METHODS: A urethral injury model was created by traumatizing the urethra of male rats with a tilted-tip insulin injector. Thirty rats were randomly separated into 3 groups of 10; Group 1 (control) received 0.9% saline solution twice a day, Group II received EPO 25 IU/kg once a day and 0.