Improving early urinary continence recovery after radical prostatectomy by applying a sutureless technique for maximal preservation of the intrapelvic urethra: A 17-year single-surgeon experience.

Background: There is a growing concern about postsurgical outcomes of radical prostatectomy, especially in the younger population and patients with earlier tumor stages. Here, we present our 17 years' experience of sutureless vesico-urethral alignment after radical prostatectomy with a focus on postoperative functional urinary outcomes.

Methods: Data of 784 patients who underwent radical prostatectomy during 2001-2017 were evaluated retrospectively.

Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy Is a Safe Surgical Approach in Healthy Obese Kidney Donors: A 10-Year Single-Center Retrospective Study.

Objectives: A lack of donors continues to be a significant problem. Kidney donors with a body mass index ≥ 30 kg/m² are not suitable for laparoscopic donor nephrectomy; however, some studies have suggested that an obese donor could be an appropriate donor with similar surgical outcomes. Here, we report the results of our 10-year experience of laparoscopic donor nephrectomy, examining the effects of body mass index on the surgical results of laparoscopic donor nephrectomy.

Percutaneous nephrolithotomy of staghorn renal stones in pediatric patients using adult-sized instrument.

Introduction: In this study, we aimed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the percutaneous nephrolithotomy procedure performed with adult-sized instruments in pediatric cases with staghorn kidney stone.

Methods: We retrospectively evaluated the efficacy and safety of 94 percutaneous nephrolithotomy procedures performed during 15 years in a single center for 82 pediatric patients with staghorn calculi using adult-sized instruments (24-Fr nephroscope). Stone free status was defined as complete clearance of the stones or the presence of insignificant residual stones of <3 mm in diameter.

Salvage autologous fascial sling after failed anti-incontinence surgeries: Long term follow up.

Objective: To evaluate long term outcomes of autologous pubovaginal fascial sling (AFPVS) as a salvage procedure following different types of failed anti-incontinence surgeries.

Materials And Methods: We retrospectively reviewed medical records of patients who had undergone salvage AFPVS after any kind of anti-incontinence surgery from 2005-2015 at our medical center. Patients were contacted by telephone.

Ethosuximide reduces allodynia and hyperalgesia and potentiates morphine effects in the chronic constriction injury model of neuropathic pain.

Neuropathic pain is caused by a lesion or disease of the somatosensory nervous system and treatment of neuropathic pain remains a challenge. The purpose of the present study was to examine the effect of ethosuximide, an anti-epileptic and relatively selective T-type calcium blocker and morphine, a prototypical opioid in the behavioral responses following the chronic constriction injury (CCI) model of neuropathic pain. Experiments were performed on eight groups (n=8) of male Sprague-Dawley rats (230-280 g).

Lithium attenuates pain-related behavior in a rat model of neuropathic pain: possible involvement of opioid system.

Lithium is a major drug for bipolar disorder and mania. Recently, many studies have shown the neuroprotective effect of lithium in different models of neurodegenerative diseases. The present study was carried out to examine the effect of lithium in a rat model of neuropathic pain induced by partial sciatic nerve ligation and the possible role of opioid system in this effect.