Is Penile Doppler Ultrasonography Overdiagnosed?

Aim: The objective of this study was to determine whether penile Doppler ultrasonography (USG) examinations, combined with the administration of intracavernosal vasoactive agents, were correctly performed as a second-line diagnostic method with the proper indications in a select patient group.

Methods: A total of 200 patients who underwent penile Doppler ultrasounds in our clinic were included in the study. Patients' demographic data were collected, information about their medical-sexual history was taken, physical examinations were performed, and laboratory analyses were conducted.

The effect of COVID-19 on development of hair and nail disorders: a Turkish multicenter, controlled study.

Background: A broad spectrum of skin diseases, including hair and nails, can be directly or indirectly triggered by COVID-19. It is aimed to examine the type and frequency of hair and nail disorders after COVID-19 infection.

Methods: This is a multicenter study conducted on consecutive 2171 post-COVID-19 patients.

Bladder neck sparing during robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy: Six-year experience.

Objective: Prostate cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer among men in developed countries. Radical prostatectomy (RP) is the standard surgical treatment for patients with organ-confined disease and robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALP) procedures get more popular in the past 20 years. The most important factor of continence after RP is the preservation of the functional sphincter mechanisms.

Our clinic's first experience with HoLEP.

Objective: The present study reports a retrospective evaluation of the first Holmium laser prostate enucleation (HoLEP) cases and their results in our clinic.

Methods: Twenty four patients who underwent HoLEP surgery between April 2017 and November 2017 were evaluated for demographic characteristics, duration of operation, amount of hemorrhage, amount of energy used, tissue weight removed, catheterization time and complications. IPSS and uroflowmetry results were compared before and after the surgery.

Intraparenchymal hematoma as a late complication of retrograde intrarenal surgery.

A 34 year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with left flank pain. A non-contrast enhanced computerized tomography (NCCT) revealed a 1.5x2cm left proximal ureter stone.

Effect of pre-harvest methyl jasmonate treatments on ethylene production, water-soluble phenolic compounds and fruit quality of Japanese plums.

Background: The effects of pre-harvest methyl jasmonate (MJ) treatments on ethylene production, respiration rate, bioactive compounds and physico-chemical parameters of plum fruits (Prunus salicina Lindell cv. 'Fortune' and 'Friar') were investigated. Whole trees were sprayed once with an aqueous solution containing MJ (0, 1120 and 2240 mg L(-1)) 2 weeks before the anticipated commercial harvest for each cultivar.

Chilblains in Turkey: a case-control study.

Background: Chilblains are rather common in winter months in our country.

Objectives: Determination of demographical and clinical characteristics of patients presenting with chilblains in Diyarbakir, Turkey. Evaluation of body mass index (BMI) as risk factor for development of chilblains.

Expression of interleukin-17 in lesions of erythema multiforme may indicate a role for T helper 17 cells.

Introduction: The aim of this study was to evaluate levels of interleukin (IL)-2, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, IL-17A and interferon γ (IFN-γ) in the serum of patients with erythema multiforme (EM) and to search for the presence of IL-17-expressing cells in lesional samples of EM.

Material And Methods: A total of 32 patients (22 females and 10 males) diagnosed with EM of the minor or major type were included in the study. Levels of IL-2, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, IL-17A and IFN-γ in the serum were determined and compared with healthy controls.