Does prior PCNL affect RIRS? A retrospective analysis of a single center data.

Purpose: The aim of this study is to investigate the results and safety of retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS) in patients who have previously undergone percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL).

Methods: A retrospective analysis included patients who underwent RIRS for kidney stones between August 2018 and April 2023. Group 1 comprised 396 patients who underwent primary RIRS, while Group 2 included 231 individuals who had RIRS after previous PCNL.

Thromboelastographic evaluation of the effectiveness of choline or CDP-choline treatment on endotoxin-induced hemostatic alterations in dogs.

Sepsis/endotoxemia associates with coagulation abnormalities. We showed previously that exogenous choline treatment reversed the changes in platelet count and function as well as prevented disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) in endotoxemic dogs. The aim of this follow-up study was to evaluate the effect of treatment with choline or cytidine-5'-diphosphocholine (CDP-choline), a choline donor, on endotoxin-induced hemostatic alterations using thromboelastography (TEG).

The preoperative predictive factors for pathological T3a upstaging and positive surgical margin of clinical T1 renal cell carcinoma.

Objectives: The objective of this study is predict positive surgical margin (PSM) and pathological T3a (pT3a) upstaging in patients with clinical T1 (cT1) renal cell carcinoma (RCC).

Materials And Methods: 159 patients who underwent radical nephrectomy (RN) or partial nephrectomy (PN) for RCC. Patients' demographic, laboratory, radiological and pathological data that could predict PSM and pT3a upstaging pre-operatively were evaluated.

Strengths and Weaknesses of Inviting Men to a Voluntary-Based Domestic Violence Intervention.

This study examines the factors motivating domestic violence perpetrators to participate in a voluntary-based intervention program. The experiences and determining factors around men's positive and negative responses to this invitation were examined through semi-structured interviews with professionals, observations, and reflexive notes during the first meeting with 29 men. Two major themes emerged from the thematic analysis: the factors making men more likely to attend the first meeting or resisting the group intervention.

Quality and content analysis of female urethroplasty videos on YouTube.

Objectives: In this study, we aimed to analyze scientific quality and content of female urethroplasty videos on YouTube.

Methods: We searched YouTube using the "female urethroplasty", "female urethral stricture", and "urethroplasty" keywords on February 22, 2022. The quality and content of videos were analyzed using the Global Quality Score (GQS) and Female Urethroplasty-Specific Checklist Score (FUSCS) which was developed by our clinic.