Evaluation of the optimal sampling approach for HPV genotyping in circumcised heterosexual men with genital warts.

Background: Human papillomavirus (HPV) causes a serious socioeconomic burden globally. However, there is currently no consensus on the optimal sampling method for HPVDNA genotyping in circumcised heterosexual men. This study aimed to determine the diagnostic efficacy of 6 different anatomic sampling sites in HPV DNA polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing of circumcised heterosexual men with genital warts.

The Histopathological Effect of Aloe Vera on the Wound Healing Process in a Surgically Created Tubularized Incised Plate Urethroplasty Model on Rats.

Background: Hypospadias is a common congenital anomaly which is determined as an abnormal urethral opening on the ventral face of penis. The purpose of this rat model study was to research the effect of topically applied Aloe vera after a tubularized incised plate urethroplasty (TIPU).

Methods: The TIPU model was applied to male Wistar albino rats.

Comparison of renal function after robot - assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy versus retropubic radical prostatectomy.

Purpose: To investigate the effect of robot assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALP) and open retropubic radical prostatectomy (RRP) on early renal function in this study.

Materials And Methods: Preoperative and postoperative urea, creatinine, Hb, eGFR values of patients who had undergone RALP and RRP with prostate cancer (PCa) diagnosis were recorded in our clinic. The percentages of change in these values are calculated.

Laparoscopic stepwise-cut double initial stay suture pyeloplasty: our novel surgical technique.

Objective: To describe a novel surgical technique, laparoscopic stepwise-cut double initial stay suture (LASDISS) pyeloplasty for ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJO). Additionally, we evaluated the safety and short-term results.

Materials And Methods: This was a nonrandomized study with a series of 6 patients with UPJO, operated on between March 2012 and August 2013.

Where do patients go for treatment of urethritis?

Background: Urethritis is characterized by urethral inflammation, and it can result from both infectious and noninfectious conditions. Physicians and other health care providers play a critical role in preventing and treating urethritis.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to describe and identify predictors of health care seeking behavior among men with urethritis.

Pediatric extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy: multi-institutional results.

Aim: To evaluate the efficacy, auxiliary procedures and complications of pediatric extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) performed with electrohydraulic lithotripters.

Methods: Children with urolithiasis, aged between 0 and 15, were retrospectively evaluated. ESWL was performed by using two different electrohydraulic lithotripters, Elmed Multimed Classic (Elmed Medical Systems, Ankara, Turkey) and E-1000 (EMD Medical Systems, Ankara, Turkey), between January 2008 and December 2012 in four different referral centers in Turkey.

Management and outcomes of penile fracture: 10 years' experience from a tertiary care center.

Objectives: To evaluate our experience on diagnosis and management of penile fractures.

Materials And Methods: This retrospective study included 31 patients who were treated for penile fracture between 2002 and 2012. We analyzed the etiology of penile fracture, concomitant pathologies such as urethral injury, deep or superficial dorsal vein ruptures, treatment modalities (surgery or conservative treatment) and complications of treatment modalities.

Sexual partner satisfaction of the patients with chronic renal failure.

Objectives: Sexual satisfaction is one of the important components in social life. It can be spoiled by many factors such as chronic diseases. Therefore, chronic diseases may spoil partners' sexual satisfaction.

Massive idiopathic scrotal calcinosis.

Idiopathic scrotal calcinosis is a rare, benign condition with the presence of multiple slow-growing yellowish-white calcified asymptomatic nodules that appear within the scrotal skin. The disease affects patients in childhood or early adulthood. The etiology of idiopathic scrotal calcinosis is still controversial.

Nephrogenic adenoma of the ureter.

Nephrogenic adenoma (NA) is an uncommon benign lesion of the urothelial tract. The diagnostic features that are useful in the recognition of this benign entity are: the characteristic mixture of various architectural patterns, associated stromal edema and inflammation, hyaline sheath around tubules, and lack of mitotic activity. Although NA appears with hematuria or obstruction, frequently found incidentally in endoscopy or imaging modalities.

Management of symptomatic ureteral calculi complicating pregnancy.

Objective: To review our experiences with management of symptomatic ureteral calculi complicating pregnancy.

Methods: Between January 2001 and December 2011, 57 pregnant women were treated for symptomatic ureteral stones. The medical records of these patients were reviewed retrospectively.

Ileovesical fistula secondary to chemotherapy for follicular non-Hodgkin lymphoma: a case report and review of the literature.

Enterovesical fistulas are rare complications of malignancies, diverticulitis, inflammatory bowel diseases, radiotherapy, and traumas involving the colorectal and pelvic region. In this study, an ileovesical fistula that occurred during chemotherapy for non-Hodgkin lymphoma is presented. The patient had acute abdomen and multiple comorbidities, and ileovesical fistula was diagnosed during the operation.

Shock wave lithotripsy for distal ureteric stones: supine or prone.

Shock wave lithotripsy (SWL) has become the preferred first-line approach to most patients with symptomatic urolithiasis. The purpose of this study is to assess the ideal patient position during SWL for the treatment of distal ureter stones. A total of 342 patients included in this retrospective study.

Oral fluvastatin reduces the severity of peritoneal adhesions in rats.

Background: The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of fluvastatin on peritoneal adhesion formation.

Methods: 48 female Wistar-albino rats weighing 200-220 g were divided into four groups each containing 12 rats. Group I was sham, Group II was the control group, while Group III was given 10 mg/kg/day (28 days) oral fluvastatin.

Sildenafil citrate as a phosphodiesterase inhibitor has an antioxidant effect in the blood of men.

Background And Objective: Sildenafil citrate enhances the action of nitric oxide by preventing the hydrolysis of cGMP, and is widely used to treat erectile dysfunction. We investigated the effects of sildenafil citrate administration on lipid peroxidation and antioxidant redox enzymes in blood of healthy men.

Method: Thirty healthy male subjects were divided equally into two groups.

Extracorporeal magnetic innervation for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence: results of two-year follow-up.

Introduction: Extracorporeal magnetic innervation (ExMI) is a relatively new technology used for pelvic muscle strengthening for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence. We aimed to evaluate the clinical efficacy of extracorporeal magnetic stimulation for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence.

Materials And Methods: A total of 30 patients with demonstrable stress urinary incontinence were enrolled in this study.

Acute bacterial meningitis after transrectal needle biopsy of the prostate: a case report.

Transrectal biopsy of the prostate (TBP) is the most accurate method of diagnosing prostate cancer. Although debate remains, prophylactic antibiotic therapy is most frequently used to prevent infectious complications after TBP. Here, we present a case of Escherichia coli meningitis after TBP despite quinolone prophylaxis.

Intravesical migration of intrauterine device resulting in pregnancy.

Spontaneous migration of an intrauterine device into the bladder is very rare. A 29-year-old woman in whom an intrauterine device had been placed 6 years previously, presented complaining of chronic pelvic pain and recurrent irritative urinary tract symptoms. One year after insertion she had became pregnant and given birth without complications.

Free insulin-like growth factor-1 levels in bladder growth following spinal cord injury experimentally.

Introduction: To determine the levels of spinal cord injury (SCI) on free insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) content in the bladder and the possible role of free IGF-1 in growth in hypertrophic bladders in an experimental model.

Materials And Methods: The contents of free IGF-1 and protein in paraplegic and non-paraplegic rats which was induced experimentally by SCI were measured. The wet weights of the bladders were also determined.

Leptin expression in the testicular tissue of fertile and infertile men.

There have been several studies about the presence of leptin in serum and testicular tissue, and none of them compares the leptin expression in the testicular tissue of fertile and infertile men. We assessed the presence of leptin expression in the testicular tissue of fertile and infertile men. 20 azoospermic infertile men were included in the study.

Risk factors for the formation of a steinstrasse after shock wave lithotripsy.

Introduction: We studied the various stone, renal, and therapy factors that could affect steinstrasse formation after shock wave lithotripsy (SWL) to define their predictive value.

Patients And Methods: Between May 1999 and September 2002, 563 patients were treated with a Stonelight V3 lithotriptor. A steinstrasse was recorded in 46 patients.