Association between benign prostate enlargement-related storage and voiding symptoms and systolic blood pressure: a single-center cross-sectional study.

Background: Lower urinary tract symptoms significantly worsen quality of life. The hypothesis that they might lead to serious systolic blood pressure alterations through inducing sympathetic nervous activity has not been studied so far.

Objectives: To investigate the relationship between benign prostate enlargement-related storage and voiding symptoms and systolic blood pressure.

External Validation of the Cancer of the Prostate Risk Assessment Postsurgical Score for Prediction of Disease Recurrence after Radical Prostatectomy.

. The cancer of the prostate risk assessment (CAPRA-S) postsurgical score predicts recurrence, metastasis, and cancer-specific survival after radical prostatectomy (RP). We evaluated the relation between CAPRA-S score and biochemical recurrence (BCR) in prostate cancer after RP in our clinic.

Synchronous bladder and prostate cancers in the specimens of radical cystoprostatectomy: a multicenter retrospective analysis.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the features of prostate cancer that have been incidentally detected in radical cystoprostatectomy specimens of bladder cancer patients. The researchers of the current study retrospectively evaluated the data from 119 men who underwent radical cystoprostatectomy at four referral institutions in Ankara, Turkey. Of the 21 prostate cancer patients, 17 (81%) were aged ≥ 60 years; 10 (47.

Metachronous bilateral granulocytic sarcoma of the testis in a young adult: a report of an unusual entity.

Granulocytic sarcomas are rare tumors composed of neoplastic blood cells, typically occurring during the course of acute nonlymphoblastic leukemia or before its onset. We present a case of a 23-year-old young adult man with metachronous granulocytic sarcoma of the testis without hematologic manifestations who was diagnosed with granulocytic sarcoma (GS). The patient was treated with right orchiectomy but relapsed with a left testicular mass 16 months later when a left orchiectomy was performed.

Preparation and characterization of papaverine-loaded poly[(r)-3-hydroxybutyrate] membranes to be used in the prevention of vasospasm.

The objective of this study is the preparation and characterization of poly[(R)-3-hydroxybutyrate] (PHB) membrane loaded with a vasodialative agent (i.e., papaverine hydrochloride) as a blood vessel coverage strip to be used in the prevention of undesired vascular vasospasm.

Protective effects of tadalafil on experimental spinal cord injury in rats.

Tadalafil is a selective inhibitor of cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP)-specific phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5). Nitric oxide (NO) functions as a retrograde neurotransmitter in the spinal cord, and postsynaptic structures respond to NO by producing cGMP. The concentrations of cGMP in the spinal cord are controlled by the actions of PDE.

Hereditary behavior of varicocele.

The inheritance of varicoceles and the potential transmission to first-degree relatives has rarely been investigated. In the present study, we examined the first-degree relatives of men with known varicocele to reveal the familial risk for varicocele. Of the patients with clinical varicocele who presented with infertility, testicular pain, or asymmetrical swelling of the scrotum between June 1, 2008 and May 31, 2009, 49 agreed to have their available first-degree relatives contacted for screening of varicoceles (n = 66).

Augmented reality: a new tool to improve surgical accuracy during laparoscopic partial nephrectomy? Preliminary in vitro and in vivo results.

Background: Use of an augmented reality (AR)-based soft tissue navigation system in urologic laparoscopic surgery is an evolving technique.

Objective: To evaluate a novel soft tissue navigation system developed to enhance the surgeon's perception and to provide decision-making guidance directly before initiation of kidney resection for laparoscopic partial nephrectomy (LPN).

Design, Setting, And Participants: Custom-designed navigation aids, a mobile C-arm capable of cone-beam imaging, and a standard personal computer were used.

Robotic and imaging in urological surgery.

Purpose Of Review: New imaging modalities and tissue navigation systems, which are adoptable to minimally invasive robotic urological surgical systems and prone to make the procedures more precise and easy, are reviewed.

Recent Findings: Image-guided surgery as the general name of combining information of imaging modalities with real-time surgery has already found a place in open and minimally invasive procedures. Soft tissue navigation is a complex type of computer-assisted surgery for soft tissue interventions.

Uroflowmetric assessment of acute effects of sildenafil on the voiding of men with erectile dysfunction and symptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia.

Purpose: To evaluate the acute effects of sildenafil (50 mg) on the micturation of men with erectile dysfunction (ED) and concomitant benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) using uroflowmetric parameters.

Materials And Methods: A total of 68 male patients randomized into two groups (36 treatment, 32 control groups) with International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS) greater than 7 and International Index of Erectile Dysfunction-erectile function domain score lower than 26 were enrolled in the study. Patients in the treatment group received a single dose of 50 mg of oral sildenafil.

Transitional cell carcinoma of the clitoris: direct implantation or metastasis.

Transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) of the bladder is the seventh most frequent cancer of women. The possible mechanisms of local tumor recurrence are seeding and multicentricity. Distant metastases are most frequently as a result of vascular or lymphatic spread and to a lesser extent by seeding of the tumor cells with urine or transurethral instrumentation.