Publications by authors named "Ismail Cenk Acar"
Background/aim: To evaluate the effects of the storage/total International Prostate Symptom Score (s/T) ratio on the selection and success of medical therapy in men with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS).
Materials And Methods: A total of 54 men (>45 years of age) with moderate or severe LUTS were divided into 2 groups according to the s/T ratio: Group 1 at <0.43 and Group 2 at >0.
Purpose: Urinary incontinence is one of the major urinary symptoms in children and adolescents and can lead to major distress for the affected children and their parents. In accordance with the definitions of the Standardization Committee of the International Children's Continence Society, daytime urinary incontinence (DUI) is uncontrollable leakage of urine during the day. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to investigate the prevalence and associated risk factors of DUI in Turkish primary school children.
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- The study investigates the role of gap junctions in overactive bladder conditions caused by bladder outlet obstruction (BOO) and the effects of estrogen deficiency.
- Four groups were analyzed: control, ovariectomy, BOO, and ovariectomy with BOO, focusing on the impact of medications oxybutynin and a gap junction blocker, 18-alpha glycyrrhetinic acid (18-α-GA).
- Results indicate that obstruction significantly increases gap junctions (connexin-43), with ovariectomy having a limited effect on its own; however, when combined, ovariectomy reduces the efficacy of gap junction blockers in the presence of BOO.