The impact of audiovisual information on parental anxiety levels prior to hypospadias surgery: A prospective single center cohort study.

Background: Most parents have anxiety before a pediatric surgical procedure. Parental anxiety may impair the parents' ability to cope with new or stressful situations while their children are undergoing surgery. By effectively improving the education of parents regarding the diagnosis, treatment, and potential complications of hypospadias and surgical repair, it might be feasible to reduce their anxiety during this process.

Urinary stone in infants; should vitamin D prophylaxis be stopped?

Background: This study investigated the effect of the discontinuation of vitamin D supplementation on kidney stone formation in children under 2 years of age.

Methods: This study involved a retrospective analysis of two patient groups. The first group comprised postoperative patients who were stone-free, while the second group consisted of asymptomatic patients with kidney stones.

Effects of onabotulinum toxin-A injection on sexual function in women with refractory interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome: A prospective study.

Objectives: To determine the effect of intravesical onabotulinum toxin-A (BoNT-A) treatment on sexual functions in female patients with refractory interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS).

Methods: Female patients with IC/BPS refractory to previous treatments were included in the study between January 2020 and April 2022. Patients were treated with the trigone-sparing injection (Group 1) or trigone-included injection (Group 2) techniques.

Significance of metabolic tumor volume and total lesion uptake measured using Ga-68 labelled prostate-specific membrane antigen PET/CT in primary staging of prostate cancer.

Objective: To evaluate the accuracy of Ga-68 prostate-specific membrane antigen positron-emission-tomography and computed-tomography(PSMA-PET/CT) in primary nodal staging of prostate cancer (PCa), and the predictive value of volumetric parameters derived from Ga-68- PSMA-PET/CT data in lymph node(LN) metastasis and correlation with histopathological and surgical outcomes.

Materials And Methods: Seventy-seven patients with newly diagnosed, biopsy-proven PCa who underwent Ga-68-PSMA-PET/CT for primary staging of disease and underwent radical prostatectomy with extendend pelvic LN dissection were evaluated retrospectively. 2 experienced nuclear medicine specialists have retrospectively reviewed PET/CT images blinded to all histopathological and clinical data.

Retzius-Sparing Modified Anatomical Structure Preserving and Retzius-Repairing Robotic-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy: A Prospective Randomized Comparison on Functional Outcomes with a 1-Year Follow-Up.

To compare the short-term and 1-year follow-up functional outcomes of modified anatomical structure preserving and Retziusrepairing robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (APR-RARP) compared with Retzius-sparing (RS) RARP. Eighty consecutive patients 40-75 years of age with low-intermediate risk prostate cancer were prospectively randomized to APR-RARP or RS-RARP. Urinary continence (UC) recovery rates were evaluated from catheter removal up to 1 year follow-up.

Individual-risk-score for urinary tract malignancy in patients with microscopic hematuria.

Aim: To determine the patients who can be safely exempted from undergoing unnecessary diagnostic procedures for microscopic hematuria (MH) evaluation by using the developed individual-risk-scoring system.

Materials And Methods: The patients who underwent a complete urological evaluation for MH were identified retrospectively. The risk factors for urinary malignancy which defined in the 2020 American Urological Association/Society of Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine & Urogenital Reconstruction guidelines were recorded for each patient.

Can lockdown and homeschooling change the outcome of urotherapy for lower urinary tract dysfunction in children?

Objective: Lower urinary tract dysfunction (LUTD) are still important for both children and pediatric urologists. Urotherapy is recommended in LUTD treatment management. In our country, all citizens under the age of 20 were banned from going out of their homes due to Covid-19 and the homeschooling system has been adopted The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of lockdown and homeschooling on the effectiveness of urotherapy used for LUTD treatment.

Is it necessary to have a guidewire down through the ureter during mini percutaneous nephrolithotomy? Single-centre experience with 1052 cases.

Objectives: In this study, it is aimed to identify the rate of successful placement of a guidewire down through the ureter during PNL and to compare the outcomes of different locations of guidewires in the collecting system following renal puncture in terms of success and complications rates.

Patients And Methods: Data of 1052 patients who underwent miniPNL in our institution between January 2014 and November 2020 were analysed. Patients were divided into three groups.

Effect of continuous antibiotic prophylaxis in children with postoperative JJ stents: A prospective randomized study.

Objective: We aimed to investigate the effectiveness of continuous antibiotic prophylaxis (CAP) in patients with JJ stent and tried to identify the group that could specifically benefit from CAP by a prospective randomized study.

Methods: A prospective, randomized, controlled, non-blind, non-placebo study was performed in a single center.A total of 105 patients who underwent surgery with JJ stent (PNL, URS, pyeloplasty, UNC) were randomized into two groups.

Effect of lesion diameter and prostate volume on prostate cancer detection rate of magnetic resonance imaging: Transrectal-ultrasonography-guided fusion biopsies using cognitive targeting.

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the effect of prostate volume and lesion size on the clinically significant prostate cancer (csPCa) detection rates of transrectal ultrasonography (TRUS)-guided prostate biopsies, performed by a cognitive targeting method for sampling peripheral zone lesions.

Material And Methods: We retrospectively enrolled 219 consecutive patients, who underwent multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging with a 3-T scanner and had peripheral zone lesions suspected for prostate cancer. All of these patients underwent combined cognitive targeted biopsy of suspicious lesions and TRUS-guided systematic biopsy.

The evaluation of acute kidney injury due to ischemia by urinary neutrophil gelatinase-induced lipocalin (uNGAL) measurement in patients who underwent partial nephrectomy.

Purpose: To investigate the role of urinary neutrophil gelatinase-induced lipocalin (uNGAL) measurement in the early diagnosis of acute kidney injury that may occur after intraoperative ischemia in patients undergoing partial nephrectomy (PN).

Methods: This prospective study included 86 patients who underwent open laparoscopic or robotic partial nephrectomy between May 2017 and May 2019. During the surgery, whether the patients had ischemia or not, type of vascular clamping and the ischemia time were noted.

What is the optimum lithotripsy method for high density stones during mini-PNL? Laser, ballistic or combination of both.

Percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PNL) is the primary treatment option for renal stones > 20 mm in diameter. Mini-PNL gained popularity with its minimally invasive nature. The aim of this study was to compare the efficiency of ballistic and laser lithotripsy with the combined use of both techniques.

Retrograde vs. antegrade fl exible nephroscopy for detection of residual fragments following PNL: A prospective study with computerized tomography control.

Introduction: The main aim of stone surgery is to establish stone free status. Performing fl exible nephroscopy is an effective tool in this manner. The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of retrograde fl exible nephroscopy for detection of residual fragments following percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PNL) in comparison with antegrade approach.