Unmet Needs, Pain, Shame, Regret, and Loss of Identity among Men with Urethral Injuries Resulting from Traffic Accidents; A Qualitative Study.

Introduction: Urethral injuries are the most severe injuries caused by high-energy mechanisms such as traffic accidents, which have significant long-term serious consequences on the quality of life of the injured.

Objectives: Exploration of lived experiences of urethral injury in traffic accident victims is the main goal of this study.

Methods: This is a phenomenological qualitative study among men suffering from urethral injuries due to traffic accidents and referred to hospitals for urethroplasty in Iran.

Acceptance-Hesitancy of COVID-19 Vaccination and Factors Affecting It in Adults: Systematic Review Study.

Background: Despite the advent of vaccines against COVID-19, there is considerable variation in the acceptance and hesitancy towards the vaccination program across different countries. The objective of this study was to ascertain the prevalence of hesitancy and acceptance regarding the use of the vaccine against the novel coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, and to identify the factors that influence these attitudes.

Materials And Methods: All the cross-sectional studies were retrieved from the PubMed databases, the Web of Science ISI, Scopus, and the Cochrane Library.

Efficacy and Complications of Mitrofanoff Continent Urinary Diversion in Adults with Complex Urethral Strictures: A Single-Center Experience.

Purpose: The management of complicated and irreparable urethral strictures can be challenging, and continent urinary diversion has emerged as a viable option. This study aims to investigate the complications associated with continent urinary diversion using the Mitrofanoff principle in patients with complex urethral strictures that cannot be corrected through urethroplasty surgery.

Materials And Methods: A total of 22 patients were included in this study, who underwent continent urinary diversion surgery using the Mitrofanoff technique.

The Effect of Botulinum Toxin (Masport) Injection Following Internal Urethrotomy of Bulbar Urethral Stricture: A Pilot Study.

The application of Botulinum toxin (Masport) in urology has a long history. We aimed to assess the effect of local Masport on improvement in patients with urethral stricture by reducing the recurrence of urethral stricture. This pilot study conducted was a double-blind randomized clinical trial with code IRCT20191222045852N1 on patients suffering from urethral stricture.

Shear Wave Elastography in Assessing Spongiofibrosis of Urethral Stricture: Is It Clinically Useful?

Rationale And Objectives: To compare urethral stricture shear wave elastography (SWE) with normal areas and assess its association with other explanatory variables.

Subjects And Methods: we recruited all men with urethral stricture disease referred to our center between December 2021 and July 2023. Patients underwent SWE and elasticity in the stricture area, and one and three centimeters distant from the stricture were measured.

Tele-Urology in the Era of COVID-19: an Experience of the Reconstructive Urology Department in Iran.

Introduction: The outbreak of coronavirus has put additional pressure on the health care systems of many countries; but telemedicine can be an important way to deal with it, especially for people whose health has been affected by the virus. The present study aims to investigate the Implementation of a Tele-urology Program for Reconstructive Urologic Referrals: Initial Results and Patient Satisfaction.

Material And Methods: All patients with a history of a urethral reconstructive surgery during last year was entered to our study and two nurses collected data of demographic and past medical history of patients by existed.

Management of Anterior Urethral Stricture: A Survey of Contemporary Practice of Iranian Urologists.

Purpose: To evaluate Iranian urologists' approach to urethral stricture and assess how often they select open urethroplasty over minimally invasive procedures.

Material And Methods: This cross-sectional observational study was conducted via www.

Survey: porsline.

Estimating the health impacts of exposure to Air pollutants and the evaluation of changes in their concentration using a linear model in Iran.

In big and industrial cities of developing countries, illness and mortality from long-term exposure to air pollutants have become a serious issue. This research was carried out in 2019-2020 to estimate the health impacts of PM, NO and O pollutants by using AirQ and R statistical programming software in Arak, Isfahan, Tabriz, Shiraz, Karaj, and Mashhad. Mortality statistics, number of people in required age groups, and amount of pollutants were gathered respectively from different agencies like Statistics and Information Technology of the Ministry of Health, Statistical Center, and Department of Environment and by using Excel, the average 24-hour and 1-hour concentration and maximum 8-hour concentration for PM, NO and O pollutants were gathered.

Mothers' Perceptions About Childbirth Preparation Classes: A Qualitative Study.

Background: Childbirth preparation classes are designed for better adaptation of couples to physiological and psychological changes related to pregnancy and childbirth. Therefore, we aimed to explore the mothers' perceptions about childbirth preparation classes.

Methods: A qualitative study was conducted using the conventional qualitative content analysis method from May to August 2022.

Feasibility and Outcomes of Temporary Bulbar Urethral Stent Placement After Internal Urethrotomy in the Largest Multicenter Series.

Background: Recent years have seen the development of a new generation of temporary urethral stents as an adjuvant option after direct vision internal urethrotomy (DVIU). Despite some early promising results, large series addressing their safety and outcomes are still lacking.

Objective: To report complications and outcomes from the largest series of patients receiving a temporary bulbar urethral stent to date.

Ventral-Onlay Buccal Mucosal Graft Urethroplasty of a Perineal Fistula in a 26-Year-Old Patient With 46 XX Male Syndrome: A Case Report.

Substitution urethroplasty with either a flap or graft is the gold standard for treating long segment urethral strictures. In 1992, Burger and colleagues rediscovered and popularized buccal mucosal graft (BMG). After that El-Kassaby and colleagues, in 1993, used BMG to repair anterior urethral stricture.

The Effect of Desmopressin Intraoperatively on Hemorrhage During the Rhinoplasty Surgery.

This clinical trial discusses the efficacy of premedication with desmopressin in the management of bleeding and clears the surgical field during rhinoplasty surgery. This study is a randomized, double-blinded placebo-control clinical trial. Seventy patients were enrolled in this study and divided into two equal intervention-control groups.

Female anterior wall onlay urethroplasty with lower lip buccal mucosal graft: Importance of the laterally extended incision.

Objective: To describe the outcome of female anterior wall (pubic side) onlay urethroplasty with buccal mucosal graft using laterally extended surgical dissection in patients with previously failed minimally invasive techniques.

Methods: From January 2016 to April 2018, 17 symptomatic patients with previously failed minimally invasive procedures were enrolled in the study. The diagnosis of urethral stricture was confirmed based on a combination of patients' symptoms, post-void residual urine, video-urodynamics, and cystoscopy.

Health-promoting behaviors in staff and students of Ardabil University of Medical Sciences.

Background: The staff of health and dentistry schools can play an important role in encouraging students and their clients to adopt health and preventive behaviors. The aim of this study was to compare health-promoting behaviors in staff and students of health and dental schools in Ardabil University of Medical Sciences (ARUMS).

Materials And Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive-analytical study was conducted in 2021.

Male urethral diverticulum without having urethral stricture: A rare case.

A rare case of male urethral diverticulum presents in this article. A 34-year-old man was referred to our clinic because of post-void dribbling. The retrograde cystogram and cystoscopy confirmed a 3 cm urethral diverticulum in the penile urethra without having urethra stricture.

The effect of convalescent plasma on the treatment of COVID-19 patients in Ardabil, Iran.

Background: Infection with COVID-19 has resulted in considerable mortality all around the world. This study aimed to investigate the effect of convalescent plasma on the treatment of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 in Imam Khomeini Hospital at Ardabil, Iran.

Materials And Methods: In this quasi-experimental clinical trial, patients over 18 years of age with polymerase chain reaction-positive COVID-19 were admitted based on the clinical criteria of respiratory distress with hypoxia (O saturation <90) and tachypnea (R Relative Risk (RR) >24) with moderate-to-severe lung involvement and in the 1 week of respiratory disease who were not intubated were nonrandomly assigned to two groups: convalescent plasma therapy (CPT) group (197 cases) and control group (200 cases).

Prevalence of substance use among Iranian male adolescents: Systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background And Aims: Substance use among adolescents is one of the most challenging behavioral disorders with direct consequences. It is of the essence (that) the prevalence of substance use is investigated among Iranian male adolescents.

Methods: The present study is a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Relationship between long-term use of Ritalin and semen parameters in patients referred to psychiatric centres.

Some studies have shown that Ritalin can interfere with the growth and development of the reproductive system and can also have a serious and harmful effect on sperm parameters, so we decided to conduct studies in this field on the human sample. In a case-control study, 100 adult men aged 21-31 years with hyperactivity were divided into two groups of 50 past users and 50 current users and, 50 patients who had not used Ritalin before were included as the control group. Data were analysed using SPSS software, version 20.

Missed urethral duplication associated with hypospadias, post-hypospadias repair urethral stenosis, and recurrent urinary tract infections in an adult: a case report.

Background: Duplication of urethra is a very rare congenital disorder. Several types of this anomaly have been reported around the world, and are also discussed in this report. However, the mechanism of this anomaly is still unclear.

MiR-106b-5p Regulates the Reprogramming of Spermatogonial Stem Cells into iPSC (Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell)-Like Cells.

Background: Recent years have brought notable progress in raising the efficiency of the reprogramming technique so that approaches have evolved from known transgenic factors to only a few miRNAs. Nevertheless, there is a poor understanding of both the key factors and biological networks underlying this reprogramming. The present study aimed to investigate the potential of miR-106b-5p in regulating spermatogonial stem cells (SSCs) to induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-like cells.

An unusual urethral foreign body "AA battery" associated with urethral stenosis: A case report.

Urethral foreign bodies are rare with a variety of causes, including psychiatric illness, autoeroticism, intoxication, and perceived contraception, we present a 49-yr-old man who went to the emergency ward 9-month ago inserting an AA battery in his urethra. The battery was removed without surgery after 24 hours. The patient was then referred to the hospital after 5 months with complaints of obstructive urinary symptoms such as decreased urinary caliber, diagnosed with penile urethral stricture, and undergoes dilatation of the urethra.

The effects of supplemented sericin on in vitro maturation and preimplantation development of mouse embryos: An experimental study.

Background: Mouse embryo culture condition is an essential part of transgenic, reproductive and developmental biology laboratories. Mouse embryonic culture media may have a high risk of serum contamination with pathogens.

Objective: To investigate the effect of sericin as an embryo culture medium supplement on in vitro maturation (IVM), in vitro fertilization (IVF), and development of the preimplantation embryo in mice.