Multicentric evaluation of high and low power lasers on RIRS success using propensity score analysis.

In this study, we aimed to evaluate the effect of HPL on different parameters by different centers and urologists. While doing this, we evaluated different parameters by comparing HPL(High Power laser) and LPL(Low-power laser). This is an observational, retrospective, comparative, multicentric study of prospectively organised database.

What is the effect of laser anatomical endoscopic enucleation of the prostate on the ejaculatory functions? A systematic review.

Introduction: Laser anatomical endoscopic enucleation of the prostate (LAEEP) has emerged as a promising new approach in endoscopic surgery for BPH. LAEEP could still result in ejaculatory dysfunction.

Aim: This systematic review aimed to examine the impact of LAEEP on male ejaculatory functions.

An overlooked complication of the clean intermittent catheters: prostate calculi.

Objective: Although the clinical importance of prostate calculi has been understood over time, it is a urinary system disease that can cause different symptoms and can be ignored by urologists sometime. Clean intermittent catheter (CIC) is the gold standard method for bladder rehabilitation and urinary drainage in patients with neurogenic bladder. The aim of this study was to compare the incidence of prostate calculi and related pathologies between patients using CIC and not using CIC.

Ten-year outcomes of patients who developed persistent azoospermia following chemotherapy associated with different oncological diagnoses: A retrospective cohort study from a different perspective.

Background: This study evaluated the treatment procedures for chemotherapy (CT)-induced persistent azoospermia and their outcomes from a different perspective.

Methods: In 63 patients (mean age: 30.16 ± 4.

Comparison of early period sexual function parameters between surgical repair and conservative treatment after penile fracture.

Introduction And Objectives: Comparison of early period sexual function parameters in patients who had surgical repair and conservative follow-up after penile fracture and the evaluation of surgical intervention time on these parameters were planned in this study.

Materials And Methods: Total of 26 patients who were treated for penile fracture were evaluated. 19 patients had surgical repair and 7 patients had conservative treatment.

Visceral adiposity index in kidney stone patients who have undergone surgery.

Introduction: The visceral adiposity index (VAI) is a gender-specific metabolic index that indirectly measures visceral adipose function and distribution using waist circumference, body mass index (BMI), and triglyceride and high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol values. To assess visceral fat in the diagnostic pathway of urinary stone patients, we investigated the relationship between the VAI and nephrolithiasis as well as the relationship between the VAI and stone and surgery-related parameters.

Material And Methods: Patients who underwent percutaneous nephrolithotomy and retrograde intrarenal surgery for kidney stones were included in the study.

Comparison of retrograde intrarenal stone surgery with and without a ureteral access sheath using kidney injury molecule-1 (KIM-1) levels: a prospective randomized study.

The objective is to compare patients who underwent retrograde intrarenal surgery with and without a ureteral access sheath (UAS) using kidney injury molecule-1 (KIM-1) levels. We also examined the difference in kidney damage between standard and dual lumen UAS. Sixty patients diagnosed with kidney stones and scheduled for RIRS were randomized into three groups: RIRS without UAS (Group 1), 11Fr/13Fr Boston scientific Navigator™ UAS (Group 2), and 11Fr/13Fr dual lumen ClearPetra™ UAS (Group 3).

The role of prostate inflammation in the pathogenesis of urethral strictures occurring after transurethral resections.

Objective: To make an extensive evaluation about the effects of histopathological findings acquired from the resection materials of patients who underwent transurethral resection of prostate (TUR-P) due to benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH) on postoperative urethral stricture formation.

Materials And Methods: Among patients who had TUR-P due to BPH and were followed up for minimum 6 months, 51 patients detected to have urethral stricture based on endoscopic imaging were included in the urethral stricture group (Group 1) and 52 patients without urethral stricture were included in the control group (Group 2). The relation between histopathological findings of TURP materials and postoperative stricture occurrence was investigated.

The Benign Renal Masses that Were Exposed after Nephron-Sparing Surgery: "Postsurgical Fatty Tumor." Is It Related to the Surgical Technique?

After nephron-sparing surgery (NSS), postsurgical fatty tumor could be mistakenly reported as angiomyolipoma during radiologic imaging of some patients. In the present paper, we studied the postsurgical fatty tumor detected after NSS but not covered before in the literature. In addition, we also evaluated whether the postsurgical fatty tumor was related to the surgical technique employed.

Different group of non-obstructive intermittent azoospermias among non-obstructive azoospermia patients: A ten-year retrospective cohort study with control group.

We have identified patients among non-obstructive azoospermia (NOA) cases in whom spermatozoa could not be detected despite treatment, but intermittent ejaculatory spermatozoon was found in their follow-up. NOA was observed in the retrospective screening at a rate of 15.35% among infertile men (n = 1976/12,871), while non-obstructive intermittent azoospermia (NO-IA) was detected at a rate of 6.

Can Urinary KIM-1 and NGAL Predict Management Endoscopic Surgery in Acute Unilateral Obstructive Stone Disease? Results from a Prospective Cohort Study.

Introduction: Kidney injury molecule-1 (KIM-1) and neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) are the leading novel biomarkers used efficiently in acute kidney injury (AKI). The levels of these biomarkers increase especially in the early period of nephrotoxic and ischemic renal damage. In this study, we aimed to investigate the clinical importance of NGAL and KIM-1 biomarkers used in the effective evaluation of kidney functions in patients with acute unilateral obstructive stone disease (AUOSD) in the management of endoscopic surgery.

Is Retrograde Intrarenal Surgery as Safe for Children as It Is for Adults?

Introduction: The primary aim of this study is to compare the efficacy and safety of retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS) among the children and adults with similar stone burdens and locations. Also, the secondary aim of this study is to identify the factors affecting the stone-free rates (SFRs) of RIRS.

Methods: We retrospectively compared perioperative results, SFRs, and complication rates (CRs) between pediatric (group 1, n: 55) and adult (group 2, n: 220) age groups diagnosed with kidney stones and treated by flexible ureterorenoscopy using the same instruments.

Which Endoscopic Methods in Prepubertal Patients with 10-20 mm Bladder Stones: Transurethral Cystolithotripsy or Percutaneous Cystolithotripsy?

The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of transurethral cystolithotripsy (TUC) and percutaneous cystolithotripsy (PCC) in prepubertal patients with 10-20 mm bladder stones. The files of patients aged 12 years and under who were admitted to our clinic for bladder stones from January 2007 to January 2021 were reviewed retrospectively. Inclusion criteria were patients who were 12 years of age and under with 10-20 mm bladder stones, and who underwent endoscopic surgery (TUC or PCC).

The effect of intratesticular dexpanthenol on experimentally-induced testicular ischaemia/reperfusion injury.

Introduction: Testis torsion is a urological emergency and a serious situation that may cause testis atrophy, testicular dysfunction and infertility due to ischaemia/reperfusion(I/R) injury even with early intervention.

Objective: To assess the protective effect of dexpanthenol administered intratesticular after detorsion against testis I/R injury.

Study Design: Twenty-seven rats were randomly divided into 3 groups containing 9 rats each.

Efficiency of intracavernosal alprostadil and oral clomiphene citrate combination treatment in penile vasculogenic erectile dysfunction patients accompanied by late-onset hypogonadism.

In this study, the efficiency of intracavernosal alprostadil + oral clomiphene citrate (CC) treatment in late-onset hypogonadism (LOH) accompanied by penile vasculogenic erectile dysfunction (PVED) in patients irresponsive to phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitor treatment was evaluated. A total of 31 patients with concurrent PVED and LOH were included in the study. The patients were given intracavernosal alprostadil (10-20 μg) and oral CC (50 mg) every day for 12 weeks.

Hydatid Cyst Treatment and Management in Retroperitoneal Organs; Is Percutaneous Drainage an Option?

Purpose: To evaluate patients who cyst hydatid (CH) in their retroperitoneal space and organs in order to determine a standard treatment option for CH.

Materials And Methods: The files of 56 patients who were treated for CH in our clinic were evaluated retrospectively. All patients underwent either percutaneous drainage (PD) or surgery.

Early kidney injury in immunoglobulin A vasculitis: Role of renal biomarkers.

Background: We aimed to determine whether urine kidney injury molecule 1 (KIM-1) and neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) can be used as early noninvasive biomarkers of kidney injury in immunoglobulin A vasculitis.

Methods: Patients who were diagnosed with immunoglobulin A vasculitis were included in the study. Urine samples were collected for determination of urine KIM-1 and NGAL levels.

Is there a Difference in Platelet-Rich Plasma Application Method and Frequency to Protect Against Urethral Stricture?

Purpose: To determine the efficacy of instillation frequency and submucosal injection of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) after urethral trauma to prevent urethral inflammation and spongiofibrosis.

Materials And Methods: Sixty-five rats were used in the study; 50 rats were randomized into 5 groups with 10 rats in each group and 15 rats were allocated for PRP preparation. The urethras of all rats were traumatized with a pediatric urethrotome knife at 6 and 12 o'clock positions, except in the sham group.

Do variations in labial anatomy have an effect on recurrent urinary tract infection?

Introduction And Hypothesis: Variations in labial anatomy may constitute a risk factor for vaginal pH increase and recurrent UTIs. Our objective in this study was to show the effects of variations in labial anatomy on vaginal pH and recurrent UTI.

Methods: A total of 331 non-menopausal and sexually active patients between the ages of 18 and 50, meeting recurrent urinary infection criteria and not meeting exclusion criteria were included in the study in group 1, the infection group, and 440 patients without recurrent UTI were included in group 2, the control group.

Retrograde intrarenal surgery of renal stones: a critical multi-aspect evaluation of the outcomes by the Turkish Academy of Urology Prospective Study Group (ACUP Study).

Aims: To outline and evaluate the incidence, management and follow-up of the residual fragments (RFs) following retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS) of renal stones by the Turkish Academy of Urology Prospective Study Group (ACUP Study).

Methods: Following the ethical committee approval, 15 centers providing data regarding the incidence, management, and follow-up of RFs after RIRS were included and all relevant information was recorded into the same electronic database program ( https://acup.uroturk.

Histopathologic Evaluation of the Effects of Intraurethral Platelet Rich Plasma in Urethral Trauma Experimentally Induced in Rat Model.

Objective: To determine the efficacy of platelet rich plasma applied early initialization after urethral trauma for preventing inflammation and spongiofibrosis.

Materials And Methods: Twenty-three rats were randomized and divided into 3 groups, with 10 rats in 2 groups. Only sham group had 3 rats.

Evaluation from a different perspective of 10-year results of infertile males with Y chromosome AZFc microdeletions compared with a control group.

AZFc microdeletions will be evaluated upon being divided into partial and complete subgroups. The association of deletions with reactive oxidative stress (ROS) and sperm DNA fragmentation (SDFI) and the impact of their coexistence on fertility starting from the pregnancy process until live birth will be presented. Semen analyses, microbiological results, hormones, ROS and sperm TUNEL tests were checked.

Outcomes of mini-percutaneous nephrolithotomies in children: a single centre experience.

Introduction: The aim of this study was to present to present our experiences with pediatric mini-percutaneous nephrolithotomies (MPNL) in our center.

Material And Methods: A total of 85 MPNLs performed on 79 pediatric patients being treated for upper urinary tract stones from 2007 to 2017 were analyzed retrospectively in order to determine their safety, efficacy, and relevant outcomes.

Results: 85 MPNLs performed on 79 patients with a mean age of 6.