Comparison of the Charlson comorbidity index, the modified Charlson comorbidity index, and the recipient risk score in prediction of the graft and patient survival among renal graft recipients: historical cohort in a single center.

Objective: To compare the predictive values of Charlson comorbidity index (CCI), modified Charlson comorbidity index kidney transplant (mCCI-KT) and recipient risk score (RRS) indices in prediction of patient and graft survival in kidney transplant patients.

Methods: In this retrospective study, all patients who underwent a live-donor KT from 2006 to 2010, were included. Demographic data, comorbidities and survival time after KT were extracted and the association between above indices with patient and graft survival were compared.

Successful Repair of Bilateral Ureteral Stricture 3 Years after En Bloc Kidney Transplant: A Case Report.

En bloc kidney transplants of small pediatric kidneys into adult recipients have been shown to have outcomes similar to transplants from standard adult deceased donors. Here, we report a 27-year-old male patient with successful repair of bilateral ureteral stricture 3 years after en bloc kidney transplant at the Shahid Modarres Hospital (Tehran, Iran). The patient received an en bloc deceased kidney donation from a 9-month-old infant.

The role of serum and urinary carbohydrate antigen 19-9 in predicting renal injury associated with ureteral stone.

This study was designed to evaluate the role of urinary and serum carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA19-9) as a biomarker in the assessment of patients with ureteral stone. A total of 38 patients with ureteral stone and hydronephrosis who underwent transurethral lithotripsy (TUL) (Group A) and 24 age-matched healthy controls (Group B) were evaluated in this study. Urinary and serum CA19-9 concentrations were measured in group A patients before TUL as well as 4 and 8 weeks following the operation.

Benefits and Complications of Removing Ureteral Stent Based on the Elapsed Time After Renal Transplantation Surgery.

Background: The most important surgical complications of renal transplantation are stenosis and obstruction of anastomosis of the ureter to the bladder. Although the routine use of the ureteral stents to prevent such complications seems rational, the optimal time to keep the ureteral stent is still controversial.

Objectives: This study presents the benefits and complications of removing the ureteral stent based on the elapsed time after the surgery.

Early Stent Removal After Kidney Transplantation: Is it Possible?

Background: The most important surgical complications of renal transplantation are stenosis and obstruction of the ureterovesical anastomosis. Routine use of ureteral stents can prevent this complication, but the optimal time for ureteral stent use is still controversial.

Objectives: The purpose of this study is to compare the benefits and complications of early and delayed stent removal after surgery.

In the Era of Shared Decision Making, How Would An Iranian Urologist Screen Himself For Prostate Cancer?

Purpose: Prostate cancer (PCa) poses a significant health problem in developed countries. Prostate specific antigen (PSA) based screening for PCa is controversial and large trials have failed to show a significant reduction in prostate-specific mortality and all-cause mortality. Considering the contradictory data on PCa screening, current guidelines emphasize shared decision making.

Impact of ureteral length on urological complications and patient survival after kidney transplantation.

Background: Urologic complications are of the most important complications after kidney transplantation which increases mortality and morbidity significantly.

Objectives: We designed this study to evaluate the association between ureteral length and postoperative complications.

Patients And Methods: We recorded the length of the transplanted ureter during the operation.

Glutathione S-transferase polymorphisms (GSTM1, GSTT1, GSTP1) and male factor infertility risk: a pooled analysis of studies.

Purpose: To determine the role of glutathione S-transferases (GSTs; GSTM1, GSTT1, and GSTP1) gene polymorphisms in susceptibility to male factor infertility.

Materials And Methods: We report a pooled analysis of 11 studies on the association of GSTM1, GSTT1, and GSTP1 polymorphisms and male factor infertility, including 1323 cases and 1054 controls.

Results: An overall significant association was determined between the GSTM1 null genotype [odds ratio (OR), 2.

A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of the efficacy and safety of bupropion for treating hypoactive sexual desire disorder in ovulating women.

Objective: To compare the efficacy of sustained-release (SR) bupropion to placebo in treating hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD) in ovulating women.

Patients And Methods: After a 1-week, placebo lead-in phase, 232 treatment-seeking women with regular menstrual cycles were randomly assigned to bupropion SR 150 mg/daily (116) or placebo (116) for 12 weeks under double-blind conditions. Efficacy was assessed with the Brief Index of Sexual Functioning for Women (BISF-W), the Personal Distress Scale (PDS), the global efficacy question (GEQ; 'Did the treatment you received during the 12-week improve meaningful your sexual desire?') and overall patient satisfaction question ('Are you satisfied with the efficacy of your treatment?').

A double-blind placebo-controlled study of the efficacy and safety of pentoxifylline in early chronic Peyronie's disease.

Objective: To analyse the safety and efficacy of pentoxifylline sustained-release (PTX-SR) treatment in patients with early chronic Peyronie's disease (PD).

Patients And Methods: In all, 228 patients with a mean (sd) age of 51 (9) years who had early chronic PD were randomized to receive 400 mg PTX-SR (Apo-Pentoxifylline, Apotex Inc., Toronto, Canada) twice daily (group 1, 114) or similar regimen of placebo (group 2, 114) for 6 months.

Modified ureteroneocystostomy in kidney transplantation to facilitate endoscopic management of subsequent urological complications.

Objectives: Urological complications in kidney transplant patients are among serious complications. Endourology has allowed for a less-invasive approach to dealing with these transplant complications. Access to the upper urinary tract in traditionally anterior extravesical ureteroneocystostomy is usually difficult if not impossible.

Relationship of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids with semen characteristics, and anti-oxidant status of seminal plasma: a comparison between fertile and infertile men.

Background & Aims: Fatty acid (FA) composition of the spermatozoa may be an important determinant of fertility. The aim was to evaluate polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) composition of the blood plasma and spermatozoa in infertile men with idiopathic oligoasthenoteratozoospermia (OAT).

Methods: Eighty-two infertile men with idiopathic OAT and seventy-eight fertile men defined according to semen concentration and proven fertility were enrolled in the study.