Anxiety and Depression Among Adults and Children With Celiac Disease: A Meta-Analysis of Different Psychiatry Scales.

Background: Celiac disease (CD) is an autoimmune disorder in which genetically susceptible individuals cannot digest gluten (wheat) and its homologs such as Scalin (rye) and Hordein (barley).

Aim: This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to investigate the measures of associations between CD and psychiatric disorders, specifically anxiety and depression, and explore the relationship between adherence to a Gluten-Free Diet (GFD) and the psychiatric aspects of the disease.

Methods: We searched PubMed, Scopus and Web of Science for articles investigating anxiety and depression in CD patients.

Combined on-demand sildenafil citrate and tramadol hydrochloride is an effective and safe treatment for premature ejaculation: A randomized placebo-controlled double-blind clinical trial.

Background: Premature ejaculation (PE) is a common sexual dysfunction that harms both sex partners.

Aim: To evaluate the safety, efficacy and impact on sexual satisfaction scores of the combined use of tramadol HCl and sildenafil citrate for the treatment of PE.

Methods: One hundred and sixty otherwise healthy males complaining of PE (primary/secondary) were enrolled in this randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study.

Predictors of clinical and surgical characteristics of giant stones of the urinary bladder: a retrospective study.

Background: Giant stones of the urinary bladder (GSBs) are rare and usually presented as case reports. We aimed to assess the clinical and surgical characteristics of GSBs and identify their predictors.

Methods: A retrospective study of 74 patients with GSBs who presented between July, 2005 and June, 2020 was performed.

Serum creatinine trajectory after drainage of kidneys with bilateral malignant ureteral obstruction: a prospective non-randomized comparative study.

Background: Serum creatinine trajectory (SCr-Tr) is a neglected prognostic tool for chronic and acute kidney injury. We aimed to assess the predictors of SCr-Tr during the time-to-nadir and serum creatinine (SCr) normalization rate after drainage, using percutaneous nephrostomy in patients with bilateral malignant ureteral obstruction.

Methods: A prospective non-randomized study was performed on SCr-Tr in patients with bilateral malignant ureteral obstruction from August 2019 to March 2022.

Predictors of successful emergency shock wave lithotripsy for acute renal colic.

The role of emergency shockwave lithotripsy (SWL) in persistent pain control in patients with ureteral stones is not well established. The aim of this study is to evaluate efficacy as well as the predicting variables for successful early SWL patients with symptomatic ureteral stones. Eighty-six patients with a persistent renal colic secondary to single ureteral stone (6-12 mm) were prospectively enrolled in this study.

Quantitative Evaluation of Heavy Metals and Trace Elements in the Urinary Bladder: Comparison Between Cancerous, Adjacent Non-cancerous and Normal Cadaveric Tissue.

The role of heavy metals and trace elements (HMTE) in the development of some cancers has been previously reported. Bladder carcinoma is a frequent malignancy of the urinary tract. The most common risk factors for bladder cancer are exposure to industrial carcinogens, cigarette smoking, gender, and possibly diet.

Alterations of mTOR and PTEN protein expression in schistosomal squamous cell carcinoma and urothelial carcinoma.

Background: mTOR signaling pathway is commonly activated in cancer. PTEN, a tumor suppressor gene, is a potent inhibitor of this pathway. To date the expression pattern of mTOR and PTEN in schistosomal bladder squamous cell carcinoma and urothelial carcinoma was not investigated.

The management of the persistent Müllerian duct syndrome.

Objectives: To report the findings and management of patients with persistent Müllerian duct syndrome (PMDS).

Patients And Methods: Nineteen phenotypically male patients (aged 8 months to 27 years) presented with testicular maldescent. All of them had normal male external genitalia.

The laparoscopic management of symptomatic renal cysts: A single-centre experience.

Objectives: To present our experience of treating symptomatic renal cysts by different techniques of laparoscopic decortication, as there are many treatment options for such cysts, each of them with advantages and drawbacks.

Patients And Methods: Between January 2002 and December 2012, 51 patients underwent laparoscopic renal-cyst decortication; 15 of them had recurrent cysts after percutaneous aspiration. A retroperitoneal approach was adopted in 44 cases, transperitoneal in four and laparo-endoscopic single-site surgery (LESS) cyst decortication in three (two of them had bilateral renal cyst decortications in the same session).

The impact of training residents on the outcome of robotic-assisted sacrocolpopexy.

Objective. To evaluate the surgical outcomes of robotic-assisted sacrocolpopexy (RASCP) before and after the incorporation of hands-on training for urology and gynecology residents. Study Design.

Management of the looping vas deferens during laparoscopic orchiopexy.

Purpose: A number of variables should be assessed during laparoscopic orchiopexy, including vas anatomy. A looping vas deferens enters the inguinal canal and loops back to the abdominal cavity. This anatomical variant is not uncommonly encountered.

Combined Mathieu and Snodgrass urethroplasty for hypospadias repair: a prospective randomized study.

Objectives: To evaluate the outcomes of combined Mathieu and Snodgrass urethroplasty for distal hypospadias repair and to compare them with the two techniques separately.

Methods: Between January 2006 and February 2009, patients with distal hypospadias were prospectively randomized to undergo one of the three following urethroplasty techniques: Mathieu urethroplasty, Snodgrass urethroplasty or a combination of the two. Operative time, intraoperative, early and late postoperative complications were reported for each procedure.

Single puncture percutaneous nephrolithomy for management of complex renal stones.

Background: The purpose of this report is to assess the safety and efficacy of single lower pole access for multiple and branched renal calculi. A prospective non randomized clinical study included 26 patients with complex renal stones (9 patients had branched renal stones and the other 17 had multiple renal stones) in the period from May 2003 to May 2004. Mean patient age was 42 years +/- 13.