Publications by authors named "Ibrahim Untan"

Internal iliac artery aneurysms are a relatively uncommon condition that can have serious consequences if left untreated. This paper presents a case of erectile dysfunction caused by thrombosis of the internal iliac artery aneurysms in a 52-years-old male patient with common iliac and internal iliac artery aneurysms. Following the intracavernous self-injection treatment, the patient's complaints about erectile dysfunction ceased.

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Macroscopic tumor implants in the hernia sac are a very rare condition. They occur as a result of the implantation of malignant cells in the malignant ascites from the inguinal canal to the hernia sac. In this case report, we share the clinical and radiological findings of the macroscopic tumoral implants in the hernia sac at the level of the inguinal canal and scrotum in a male patient aged 65 years with a history of total gastrectomy for gastric adenocarcinoma and developing malignant ascites six months after the surgery.

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Ureteropelvic junction obstruction causes hydronephrosis and may lead to renal parenchymal damage unless timely diagnosed and treated. Although open pyeloplasty is still the gold standard, it needs to be compared with new techniques. In this study, we compared laparoscopic and open pyeloplasty.

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Foreign bodies in the bladder can occur by self-insertion, and patients often hide the symptoms owing to embarrassment. The foreign bodies act as a nidus for calculus formation when not detected for a long time. Foreign bodies can declare symptoms such as frequency, dysuria, nocturia, hematuria, urethrorrhagia, obstruction, or retention.

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Arteriovenous malformation localised to the prostate is rare. Until recently, the gold standard for diagnosis was angiography; however, this changed with the use of computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging, which quickly became the first-line diagnostic tool. Common complaints are haematuria and lower urinary tract symptoms, for which there are no well-defined management guidelines.

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Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the number of patients seeking medical help from the emergency service (ES) with non-COVID complaints, consequencing in postponed presentations of different surgical and medical situations. Acute urinary stone disease is one of these situations and needs to be investigated in terms of the effect of COVID-19 on its presentation to the ES.

Methods: In this observational, retrospective, and single-center study, we scanned each abdominopelvic computed tomography requested in ES for possible acute urolithiasis during 1 year before and after the outbreak of COVID-19.

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Objective: To demonstrate the predictive effect of PSA derivatives and time markers that is prostate-specific antigen (PSA) doubling time (PSADT) and PSA velocity (PSAV) on survival in men with hormone-refractory prostate cancer (HRPCa).

Study Design: Descriptive, analytical study.

Place And Duration Of Study: Department of Urology, Erciyes University, Faculty of Medicine, Kayseri, Turkey, between 2012 and 2020.

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Urogenital myiasis occurring with the settlement of fly larvae of the order Diptera is facultative and is rarely encountered in humans. This study presents a case of urogenital myiasis caused by Psychoda albipennis in a 42-year-old male patient. The patient was admitted to our hospital with complaints of groin pain, pollakuria and erectile dysfunction and claimed that he saw motile larvae in his urine.

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Background/aim: The aim of this study was to establish the relationship between the needle biopsy and the pathology result after radical prostatectomy administrated for prostate cancer.

Materials And Methods: We retrospectively analyzed 67 patients who had undergone radical prostatectomy from 2016 to 2019. All sur- geries and all biopsies were performed in the third author’s urology department.

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Article Synopsis
  • * In a study of 148 children, only 15% of those without residual stones had recurrence compared to 26% of those with residual stones, indicating the importance of complete stone removal during surgery.
  • * Metabolic prophylaxis was significantly effective in reducing recurrence rates, with only 8% of children on prophylaxis experiencing stone recurrence, compared to 30% who were not; specific treatments like potassium citrate also showed a strong preventive effect.
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