Comparison of the results of laparoscopic retroperitoneal and transperitoneal partial nephrectomy in anterior kidney tumors: a two-center matched-pair analysis.

Purpose: To compare the intraoperative, postoperative and pathologic results of transperitoneal (TLPN) and retroperitoneal (RLPN) laparoscopic partial nephrectomy for anterior renal tumors.

Methods: Data of the 401 patients in two different centers, who had LPN operations due to anteriorly placed renal tumor with RLPN and TLPN approaches, were analyzed retrospectively. Demographic, tumor characteristics, intraoperative, postoperative and pathologic data of all patients were evaluated.

External validation of Ito's nomogram and T.O.HO. scoring system in flexible ureterorenoscopy.

Purpose: This study aims to assess stone-free rates after flexible ureterorenoscopy (fURS) using the T.O.HO.

Efficiency of the estimation of physiologic ability and surgical stress (E-PASS) score in predicting postoperative complications after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy.

Background: Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy (RARP) is increasingly becoming the standard surgical treatment for prostate cancer. While some risk factors for postoperative complications of RARP have been identified, no scoring model that incorporates both preoperative physical status of the patient and intraoperative risk factors has been developed. The Estimation of Physiologic Ability and Surgical Stress (E-PASS) score was initially described to predict postoperative complications after gastrointestinal surgical procedures.

The fate of clinically insignificant residual fragments following retrograde intrarenal surgery and factors affecting spontaneous passage.

The remaining stone fragments after retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS) can lead to stone recurrence/regrowth, or stone-related events (SRE). We aimed to delineate the clinical circumstances that are decisive for spontaneous passage of clinical insignificant residual fragments (CIRF) (primary outcome) and define risk factors for stone recurrence/regrowth and their clinical manifestation (secondary outcome). A total of 115 patients who had CIRF following RIRS were included in this study.

Clinical predictors and significance of adherent periadrenal fat in laparoscopic adrenalectomy.

Background: Adrenalectomy requires the anatomic preparation of the adrenal gland in the fat-rich retroperitoneal space. In the literature, it was shown that the retroperitoneal fat area affects surgical outcomes in laparoscopic adrenalectomy (LA). Besides the quantity of retroperitoneal fat, its qualitative properties play hypothetically a significant role in the safety profile and perioperative parameters of LA.

Preliminary evaluation of foetal liver volume by three-dimensional ultrasound in women with gestational diabetes mellitus.

The aim of the study was to assess the standard foetal biometric measurements and foetal liver volume (FLV) in pregnancies complicated by gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) at the time of GDM screening and to compare the results with foetuses in normal pregnancies. Ninety-seven pregnant women with normal singleton uncomplicated pregnancies between 24 and 28 weeks of gestation were allocated into GDM (+) (n: 33) and GDM (-) (n: 64) groups based on their 75 g oral glucose tolerance test results. Foetal biometric measurements and FLV measurements of the groups were compared.

Effect of Betamethasone on Fetal Pulmonary and Umbilical Artery Doppler Velocimetry and Relationship With Respiratory Distress Syndrome Development.

Objectives: Respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) is a major cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality. It is primarily a disease of premature neonates. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of maternal betamethasone administration on the fetal pulmonary arteries (PAs) and umbilical arteries (UAs) and the correlation between RDS development and PA Doppler results.

Ramadan fasting and pregnancy: implications for fetal development in summer season.

Aims: In the Islamic religion, Ramadan is a month in the year that is passed by fasting. Healthy adult individuals are prohibited to eat, drink, and smoke from sunrise to sunset. In the present study, our aim was to assess the relation of Ramadan fasting with fetal development and maternal-fetal Doppler indices in pregnant women.