A good alternative to indwelling catheter owing to benign prostate hyperplasia in elderly: Memotherm prostatic stent.

Objective: To evaluate the long-term results of using Memotherm (Angiomed Gmbh & Co.) prostatic stents in the treatment of bladder outlet obstruction from benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) in patients with high anesthetic risk for surgery.

Methods: A total of 29 patients with BPH, who were ruled unfit for surgery, underwent a prostatic stenting procedure between 1998 and 2005 at our hospital, with a mean age of 75 years (range, 65-87) and a mean symptomatic period of 62.

Stone compositions in Turkey: an analysis according to gender and region.

Objective: To evaluate the compositions of the kidney stones obtained from different regions of Turkey and to present the gender and regional differences.

Methods: The study included 6453 kidney stones obtained from patients from different parts of Turkey. All of the stones were obtained using ureterorenoscopy, percutaneous stone surgery, laparoscopic or open stone surgery, or extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy.

Comparison of uni-and bilateral buccal mucosa harvesting in terms of oral morbidity.

Objective: To evaluate the intraoral morbidity associated with uni- or bilateral buccal mucosa graft harvesting in the treatment of urethral stricture.

Material And Methods: Forty-two men with anterior urethral stricture who were treated with dorsal onlay buccal mucosal graft urethroplasty were enrolled in this study. The graft was harvested from both cheeks in patients with a stricture length of ≥7 cm and from one cheek, if the stricture length was <7 cm.