A novel objective evaluation method, shear wave elastography, in the treatment of atrophic vaginitis by nonablative intravaginal Er:YAG laser, a randomized-sham controlled pilot study.

Objective: The aim of the study was to investigate the effectiveness of intravaginal Er:YAG laser for treating atrophic vaginitis in postmenopausal women utilizing shear wave elastography.

Methods: In this prospective randomized sham-controlled double-blind pilot study, 20 participants were included (laser group [n = 12] / sham-control group [n = 8]). A nonablative (Smooth mode) Er:YAG laser with a wavelength of 2,940 nm was used.

The concern about the educational quality of online videos on laparoscopic myomectomy.

Objective: The aim of this study was to analyze the surgical content of the 50 most-viewed laparoscopic myomectomy videos on YouTube while evaluating the educational quality and accuracy of the videos.

Methods: In this cross-sectional study, the keyword "laparoscopic myomectomy" was searched in publicly available content on YouTube, and the videos were sorted by view count using YouTube's advanced search options. Out of the first 66 videos, only 50 were eligible according to our selection criteria.

The effect of playing music and mother's voice to children on sedation level and requirement during pediatric magnetic resonance imaging.

Background: Magnetic resonance imaging examinations frequently cause anxiety and fear in children. The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of listening to music sound, the mother's voice, and sound isolation on the depth of sedation and need for sedatives in pediatric patients who would undergo MRI.

Methods: Ninety pediatric patients aged 3 to 12 years who were planned for imaging in the MRI unit were randomly assigned to isolation group (Group I), musical sound group (Group II), and mother's voice group (Group III).

Clinical efficacy of ultrasound guided erector spinae plane block in patients undergoing microwave ablation.

Objectives: To compare the effect of pre-emptive erector spinae plane block (ESPB) applied before the procedure on opioid consumption during the procedure and analgesic demand and opioid consumption after the procedure.

Methods: American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status Classification (ASA) I-II, 30 patients, with liver tumor and planned for microwave ablation (MWA) treatment were included in the interventional radiology clinic, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey, Turkey between 2021 and 2022. Patients were randomized either to the ESPB or control group.

Effectiveness of erector spinae plane block in patients with percutaneous nephrolithotomy.

Background: Percutaneous nephrolithotomy operation is a minimally invasive surgical procedure for the treatment of kidney stones.

Aim: This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of ultrasound-guided erector spinae plane block (ESPB) on analgesic consumption in patients who underwent percutaneous nephrolithotomy.

Subjects And Methods: The data of 60 cases who underwent percutaneous nephrolithotomy operation between 01.

Outcomes of ureterolysis for primary retroperitoneal fibrosis: A single-center experience.

Objective: To report our experience with ureterolysis for the management of retroperitoneal fibrosis.

Methods: The data of 25 patients who underwent ureterolysis due to primary retroperitoneal fibrosis between 2002 and 2017 were reviewed retrospectively. Initial symptoms, laterality, renal function status (initial/final), operation complications and serum creatinine levels (diagnosis/preoperative/6 months, 12 months postoperatively) were recorded.

Romantic relationship experiences and emotion regulation strategies of regular mindfulness meditation practitioners: A qualitative study.

Using attachment theory as the framework, this qualitative study focused on the romantic relationship experiences of regular mindfulness meditators and their meditation-naïve or nonregularly meditating partners (NMPs). The sample consisted of eight heterosexual and two same-sex couples. Thematic analysis (TA) yielded seven themes on three levels.

Urologic Disorders in Living Renal Donors and Outcomes of Their Recipients.

Background: There is an expanding gap between the number of patients listed for kidney transplantation and the number of kidney transplantations performed annually. The use of sensitive imaging methods results in increased discovery of many urologic asymptomatic problems, such as urolithiases, renal cysts, and solid renal masses. This result has brought the question of whether all donors with these urologic disorders should be rejected for donation.

Does lower urinary tract status affect renal transplantation outcomes in children?

Background: Lower urinary tract dysfunction (LUTD), an important cause of end stage renal disease (ESRD) in children, can adversely affect renal graft survival. We compared renal transplant patients with LUTD as primary renal disease to those without LUTD.

Methods: The data of 60 children who underwent renal transplantation (RTx) between 2000 and 2012 were retrospectively reviewed.

Utility of c2 monitoring in prediction of diastolic dysfunction in renal transplant recipients.

Background: A number of experimental studies have suggested that cyclosporine (CsA) toxicity induces cardiac modifications which may cause diastolic dysfunction over the course of time. Doppler echocardiography with tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) could consistently detect diastolic dysfunction. The purpose of this study was to assess diastolic dysfunction using C2 monitoring of CsA exposure in stable renal transplant patients.

Outcome of primary glomerular disease in pediatric renal transplantation: a single-center experience.

Introduction: The recurrence of primary disease in transplantation is a well-known problem. We report our single-center experience to assess the frequency of the recurrence of primary glomerulonephritis in children after renal transplantation.

Patients And Methods: Medical reports of 14 children with primary glomerular disease were evaluated.

Utility of the Doppler ultrasound parameter, resistive index, in renal transplant histopathology.

Background: Doppler ultrasonography is routinely used by many clinicians during long-term follow-up to identify high-risk patients without diagnosing the exact cause of graft dysfunction. Despite a number of studies showing a correlation between intrarenal resistive index (RI) and renal function in patients with kidney diseases, correlations between RI and renal histopathologic characteristics have not been sufficiently evaluated in renal transplant recipients. The aim of this study was to examine this relationship in grafted kidneys.

Renal transplantation in children with lower urinary tract dysfunction of different origin: a single-center experience.

Introduction: Renal transplantation in patients with lower urinary tract dysfunction (LUTD) of various origins is a challenging issue in the field of pediatric transplantation. We report our single-center experience to evaluate patient and graft survivals as well as the risks of the surgery and immunosuppressive therapy.

Patients And Methods: Among 70 pediatric transplant patients, 11 displayed severe LUTD.

Coronary artery calcifications in hemodialysis patients and their correlation with the prevalence of erectile dysfunction.

Introduction: Our aim in this study was to investigate the prevalence and correlation with coronary artery calcium scores (CACS) and erectile dysfunction (ED) among hemodialysis patients.

Patients And Methods: Thirty-five male patients with chronic renal failure were selected to participate in this study. All patients underwent examinations for CACS using 16-channel multidetector computed tomography.

Preoperative evaluation of hilar vessel anatomy with 3-D computerized tomography in living kidney donors.

Objectives: Digital subtract angiography is the gold standard for anatomic assessment of renal vasculature for living renal donors. However, multidetector-row computerized tomography (MDCT) is less invasive than digital subtract angiography and provides information of kidney stones and other intra-abdominal organs. In this study, preoperative MDCT angiography results were compared with the peroperative findings to evaluate the accuracy of MDCT for the evaluation of renal anatomy.

Prognostic significance of bladder tumor history and tumor location in upper tract transitional cell carcinoma.

Purpose: We studied prognostic factors for 5-year disease specific and recurrence-free survival in patients treated for upper urinary tract transitional cell carcinoma.

Materials And Methods: Since July 1987, 72 patients with a mean age of 58.9 years have undergone nephroureterectomy with bladder cuff excision.

Benign mixed epithelial and stromal tumor of the kidney.

A 51-year-old, perimenopausal, female patient with 1-month history of right flank pain who was diagnosed with a renal mass and underwent nephron-sparing partial nephrectomy is presented. The renal mass was found to be a benign, biphasic tumor composed of an epithelial component, consisting of ducts of variable size scattered within a mesenchymal component, composed of spindle cells arranged in sheets and fascicles. No atypia, mitosis, or necrosis was found.

Renal transplantation in children with augmentation enterocystoplasty.

Introduction: We report our experience with renal transplantation in patients with severe bladder dysfunction who underwent prior augmentation cystoplasty.

Patients And Methods: Among 58 pediatric patients, three underwent bladder augmentation prior to renal transplantation. The patients' ages at transplantation were 10, 13, and 17.

How does the presence of urologic problems change the outcome of kidney transplantation in the pediatric age group.

Purpose: We retrospectively reviewed the impact of functional and anatomic urologic disorders on kidney transplantation outcomes in terms of the surgical and long-term results of pediatric renal transplantation.

Materials And Methods: Of the 55 kidney transplantations in the pediatric age group, end-stage renal disease (ESRD) was secondary to genitourinary disorders in 23 patients (42%). The urologic abnormalities were vesicoureteral reflux in 13 patients (59%), neurogenic bladder in 4 patients (18%), posterior urethral valves in 3 patients (14%), renal stone disease in 4 patients (18%), bilateral ureterovesical junction obstruction in 3 patients (14%), and unilateral renal agenesis with concomitant contralateral ureteropelvic junction obstruction in 1 patient (4%).

Semen variables and hormone profiles after kidney transplantation during adolescence.

Our aim was to investigate the semen variables and hormone profiles among transplant patients who received kidneys during adolescence. Seven postpubertal transplant patients who underwent successful renal transplantation during adolescence (13-19 years; 3 were preemptive) were enrolled in our clinical follow-up. Serum levels of prolactin, luteinizing hormone (LH), follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), and testosterone were checked together with the semen analysis.

Serum ribonuclease activity in the diagnosis of prostate cancer in men with serum prostate-specific antigen levels between 2.5 and 20 ng/mL.

Objectives: To evaluate the diagnostic value of serum ribonuclease activity for prostate cancer detection and to compare its performance with serum PSA.

Design And Methods: 111 subjects with serum PSA levels between 2.5 and 20 ng/mL underwent prostate biopsy.

Intermittent oral desmopressin therapy for monosymptomatic primary nocturnal enuresis.

Purpose: In a prospective study we evaluate the efficacy of intermittent desmopressin (DDAVP) every other day for patients with nocturnal enuresis relapse who need additional therapy.

Materials And Methods: Between January 2000 and August 2001, 71 boys and 52 girls 6 to 22 years old (mean age 12.5) were treated with 0.