Protective effect of Alpha-Linolenic acid on Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Orchitis in mice.

Previous studies have demonstrated that polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) have anti-inflammatory effects. One specific PUFA, alpha-linolenic acid (ALA), shows both anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties. In the testes, inflammatory mediators are known to increase when orchitis is induced by bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS).

Alpha-linolenic acid confers protection on mice renal cells against cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicity.

Cisplatin is an antineoplastic agent used in the treatment of various types of solid tumors. Despite the dose-dependency of its antineoplastic effect, the high risk for nephrotoxicity frequently precludes the use of higher doses. α-Linolenic acid (ALA), a carboxylic acid having three cis double bonds, is an essential fatty acid required for health and can be acquired via foods that contain ALA or supplementation of foods high in ALA.

Evaluation of Living Kidney Donor and Recipient Candidates: The Experience of Our Center.

Purpose: We evaluated potential kidney living donors and recipients for donation in our transplant center.

Materials And Methods: Candidates to be kidney living donors and kidney transplant recipients (KTxR) were retrospectively evaluated. All candidates were informed and assessed by transplant coordinator and nephrologists.

Is the Homocysteine Level a Good Predictive Marker for Evaluating Kidney Function in Patients After Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy.

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the preoperative, early and late postoperative homocysteine levels and its relationship with kidney function in patients after undergoing percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PNL).

Materials And Methods: Twenty-three patients with kidney stones underwent PNL and blood samples were taken preoperatively as well as at 48 hours and three months after the operation. The homocysteine level was determined by high pressure liquid chromatography and the fluorometric method in blood samples with ethylenediaminetetraaceticacid.

Immediate and long-term high levels of plasma homocysteine after extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy in patients with renal stone disease.

Background: Plasma homocysteine levels increase in patients with chronic renal failure. Numerous studies have demonstrated that kidney function is one of the most important determinants of plasma total homocysteine (tHcy) concentration. In this study we aimed to evaluate the relationship between tHcy levels and extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) for patients with renal stones and to see if the change in homocysteine levels continued if renal dysfunction improved.

Comparison between spousal donor transplantation treated with anti-thymocyte globulin induction therapy and, living related donor transplantation treated with standard immunosuppression.

The worldwide shortage of organs available for transplantation has led to the use of living-unrelated kidney donors. In this context, spouses represent an important source of organ donors. We compared the allograft outcomes of spousal donor transplantation (SDT) with anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG) induction therapy and living related donor transplantation (LRDT) with triple immonosuppression and basiliximab, in addition.

Validation of the Friedewald formula for the determination of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol in renal transplant recipients.

Unlabelled: In large patient populations, it has been established that calculated (c) and measured (m) plasma levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) were comparable, but this issue is not known to be tested in renal transplant recipients (RTRs). Herein we aimed to compare the plasma levels of LDL-C that was calculated by Friedewald formula (FF) and direct measurement in RTRs.

Methods: LDL-C was measured by direct method and by FF in 193 fasting venous blood samples obtained from 103 RTRs.

The effect of rectal Foley catheterization on rectal bleeding rates after transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy.

Purpose: To assess whether Foley catheterization of the rectum after transrectal ultrasound (TRUS)-guided prostate biopsy decreases complication rates.

Materials And Methods: Between June 2000 and September 2006, 275 consecutive patients were evaluated after undergoing TRUS-guided prostate biopsy. All procedures were performed on an outpatient basis.

Patient tolerance during cystoscopy: a randomized study comparing lidocaine hydrochloride gel and dimethyl sulfoxide with lidocaine.

Purpose: Cystoscopy is one of the most common examinations in urologic outpatient clinics. Various anesthetic approaches have been used to make cystoscopy more tolerable for patients. The aim of the present prospective randomized study was to evaluate the efficacy of lidocaine hydrochloride gel compared to dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) with lidocaine in rigid cystoscopy.

Pain scores and local anesthesia for transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy in patients with anorectal pathologies.

Purpose: The aim of the present randomized study was to evaluate the efficacy of lidocaine gel compared with dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) with lidocaine for transrectal ultrasonography (TRUS)-guided prostate biopsy in patients with anorectal pathologies.

Patients And Methods: Sixty-two patients were randomly divided into two equal groups. Group 1 was given 10 mL of 2% lidocaine gel intrarectally 10 minutes before the biopsy.

Pain scores and early complications of transrectal ultrasonography-guided prostate biopsy: effect of patient position.

Background: The aim of the study was to evaluate the pain scores and complications of transrectal ultrasonography (TRUS)-guided prostate biopsy and to compare lithotomy position (LP) versus left lateral decubitis position (LLDP).

Methods: A total of 340 patients were referred for TRUS-guided biopsy. In group 1 (n = 170), biopsies were performed in LP (n = 170), and in group 2 (n = 170) biopsies were performed in LLDP (n = 170).

Long-term outcome of scrotal incision orchiopexy for undescended testis.

Objectives: To perform a prospective study to evaluate the success of scrotal incision orchiopexy in children with a palpable undescended testis within the inguinal canal or beyond the external inguinal ring with or without inguinal hernia.

Methods: A total 204 scrotal orchiopexies were performed in 166 patients with a primary undescended testis. These children were followed up for an average of 29.

Effect of biofeedback treatment on spinning top urethra in children with voiding dysfunction.

Objectives: Spinning top urethra (STU) deformity arises secondary to detrusor instability, leading to an increase in the intravesical pressure against a closed sphincter. We retrospectively analyzed the effect of biofeedback treatment on STU in children with dysfunctional voiding.

Methods: A total of 121 patients with STU and voiding dysfunction were enrolled in this study.

Iliac artery stenosis as a cause of posttransplant renal failure and claudication.

Iliac artery stenosis (IAS) is a rare complication after renal transplantation. We demonstrate a case of ipsilateral external IAS proximally to anastomosis in a kidney recipient, which manifested with renal failure and claudication, and was successfully treated with endovascular stent placement.

Results of biofeedback treatment on reflux resolution rates in children with dysfunctional voiding and vesicoureteral reflux.

Objectives: It is well known that a relationship exists between vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) and dysfunctional voiding, and the spontaneous resolution rate in older children is lower than the rate in younger children. In this study, we analyzed our experience with biofeedback treatment in older children with confirmed voiding dysfunction and VUR and investigated the effect of this treatment on the reflux resolution rates in these children.

Methods: A total of 78 children, 5 to 14 years old (mean age 9), with voiding dysfunction and VUR detected by voiding cystourethrography were treated with biofeedback therapy.

Comparison of ethanol and sodium tetradecyl sulfate in the sclerotherapy of renal cyst.

Background And Purpose: Renal cysts are common in the adult population. Symptomatic cysts traditionally have been treated by percutaneous aspiration with injection of sclerosant agents. Our aim was to compare the efficacy and side effects of ethanol and sodium tetradecyl sulfate (STDS) as sclerosants for symptomatic simple renal cyst.

Comparing two local anesthesia techniques for extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy.

Objectives: To evaluate the efficacy of a eutectic mixture of local anesthetics (EMLA) cream compared with dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) with lidocaine during extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) in a prospective randomized study.

Methods: Of 167 patients, 85 received 10 g of EMLA cream (EMLA group) and 82 received 10 g of 40% DMSO (DMSO group) with an amount of lidocaine equal to that in the lidocaine gel, applied to the skin of the flank at the area of entry of the shock wave marked by the urologist. A second-generation lithotriptor Siemens Lithostar was used.

Daily blood pressure control is not sufficient to regress cardiac hypertrophy and dysfunction: a bi-ventricular tissue Doppler echocardiographic study.

Background: Hypertension is one of the main causes of cardiovascular complications leading to death and allograft dysfunction. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between the levels of 24 h blood pressure and left ventricular mass index (LVMI) and bi-ventricular tissue Doppler echocardiographic measurements in renal transplant recipients (RTxr) and dialysis patients.

Methods: In this cross-sectional study, we evaluated 32 non-diabetic renal transplant recipients (GI) and 18 patients with end-stage renal insufficiency who underwent haemodialysis (GII).

Luminal suture thread as a guide for anastomosis: a new vasovasostomy technique.

Objective: To use a new vasovasostomy technique for reversal of vasectomy.

Design: Case report.

Setting: Clinical and academic research environment.

Risk of developing fibroadenoma with the use of cyclosporine A in renal transplant recipients.

To investigate the effect of cyclosporine A (Cyc A) on the development of fibroadenomas, 30 renal transplant patients and 20 chronic renal failure patients on dialysis were breast examined with ultrasonography and/or mammography. Of the renal transplant patients, 17 were receiving Cyc A-based combination therapy for immunosuppression. All patients were female with the age range of 29.