The Effect of Pregnancy on Urinary Symptoms.

Background Urinary incontinence is a condition that causes social, medical, or hygienic problems. The increase in the incidence of stress incontinence, particularly with increasing parity, emphasizes the role of pregnancy on the etiology of incontinence and other urinary symptoms. This study aimed to estimate the effect of pregnancy on urinary incontinence and other urinary symptoms with history and urodynamic data.

Testes Parenchymal Shear Wave Elastography Findings in Varicocele.

Objective: To investigate the testicular parenchymal changes in patients with varicocele using shear wave elastography (SWE).

Study Design: Cross-sectional study.

Place And Duration Of Study: Department of Radiology, Hatay Mustafa Kemal, School of Medicine, Hatay, Turkey, between June and August 2021.

The effect of Bongardia Chrysogonum on prostate tissue in a rat model of STZ-induced diabetes.

Background: Bongardia chrysogonum is widely used in Turkey for treating urinary tract infections and prostate hypertrophy, and it also has potent hypoglycemic effects and aids glucose homeostasis. Because of the inflammatory conditions in diabetes mellitus (DM), the prostate tissue of men with diabetes is particularly susceptible to developing hypoplasia, and DM produces characteristic pathological changes in prostate tissue. Here, we examined the effects of B.

Association of Glomerular Filtration Rate with Inflammation in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome.

Background: We aimed to estimate the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and to determine the relationship between GFR with C-reactive protein (CRP) and uric acid.

Materials And Methods: In this cross-sectional study, one-hundred and forty PCOS women and 60 healthy subjects were evaluated. The study was carried out at Endocrinol- ogy Outpatient Clinic, Erzurum Training and Research Hospital, Erzurum, Turkey, from December 2010 to January 2011.

Glomerular hyperfiltration in hypogonadotropic hypogonadic patients: Overlooking a cache?

Purpose: To investigate renal function in idiopathic hypogonadotropic hypogonadic (IHH) patients by measuring glomerular filtration rate (GFR) using modification of diet in renal disease formula, and determine whether there is any relationship between GFR and testosterone levels.

Methods: Thirty-three patients with IHH and 37 healthy control subjects participated in this study.

Results: The IHH group showed statistically significant higher GFR and proteinuria with respect to the control group (163.

The Investigation of Relationship between Coronary Artery Ectasia, Benign Prostatic Enlargement, and Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms.

Objective: To investigate benign prostatic enlargement (BPE) and lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) in patients with coronary artery ectasia (CAE). The relation between CAE, BPE, and LUTS has not been studied so far.

Methods: We investigated BPE and LUTS symptoms in 47 men with CAE, 45 men with coronary artery disease (CAD), and 47 male controls with normal coronary arteries.

Effects of Infertility Etiology and Depression on Female Sexual Function.

Sexual dysfunction is common in women with infertility and interferes with the marital relationship. The study aims to compare sexual function among women with different infertility causes. The authors used a cross-sectional study design with 142 infertile women.