Can Patients With Urogenital Cancer Rely on Artificial Intelligence Chatbots for Treatment Decisions?

Objectives: In the era of artificial intelligence, almost half of the patients use the internet to get information about their diseases. Our study aims to demonstrate the reliability of the information provided by artificial intelligence chatbots (AICs) about urogenital cancer treatments.

Methods: The most frequently searched keyword about prostate, bladder, kidney, and testicular cancer treatment via Google Trends was asked to 3 different AICs (ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot).

Patients with testicular cancer receiving adjuvant chemotherapy: Compliance with follow-up in the first three years.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate the compliance with follow-up in patients receiving adjuvant chemotherapy (ACT) for testicular cancer at two academic hospitals.

Materials And Methods: The study analyzed 104 patients with testicular tumors who had undergone surgery at least a year before and received ACT between March 2017 to March 2022. The mean follow-up was 29.

Carotid artery intima media thickness can predict the response to phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitors in patients with moderate erectile dysfunction.

Background: Increased carotid artery intima-media thickness (CIMT) has been shown to be associated with erectile dysfunction (ED), but studies evaluating the efficacy of CIMT in predicting drug response are lacking in the literature.

Aim: We aimed to evaluate the efficacy of CIMT in predicting the response to phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors (PDE5-I).

Methods: A total of 274 subjects were divided into two groups: ED patients ( = 150) and controls ( = 124).

The effect of anesthesia type on the outcomes of percutaneous nephrolithotomy in elderly males.

To compare the anaesthesia methods in percutaneous nephrolithotomy in terms of safety and effectiveness in elderly men. Elderly male patients who had undergone percutaneous nephrolithotomy were screened retrospectively and divided into 2 groups: percutaneous nephrolithotomy under combined spino-epidural anaesthesia (Group CSEA,  = 70) and percutaneous nephrolithotomy under general anaesthesia (Group GA,  = 114). Preoperative, perioperative and postoperative outcome measures were examined.

Inflammatory biomarkers may predict response to phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitor treatment in patients with erectile dysfunction.

Purpose: In this study, we aimed to evaluate the clinical utility of the neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet/lymphocyte ratio (PLR), lymphocyte/monocyte ratio (LMR), and monocyte/high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio (MHR) in predicting response to a phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitor (PDE5i) when used as the first-line medical treatment of erectile dysfunction (ED).

Materials And Methods: This study prospectively included 185 patients who were diagnosed with ED and started PDE5i treatment. After PDE5i treatment, 107 (57.

Urological hospitalization reasons and outcomes of octogenarians and nonagenarians: does age really matter?

Purpose: Since some urological diseases are age-dependent, these patients are admitted to urology wards for treatment more frequently as an inevitable result of aging. In this study, the urological hospitalization reasons and outcomes patients in octogenarian and nonagenarian age groups were evaluated in comparison with younger adult patients.

Methods: After examining a total of 5615 urology ward admissions of individuals aged 18-99 years, we included 443 (7.

The Impact of Ureteral Wall Thickness on Spontaneous Passage and Development of Long-term Ureteral Stricture in Patients with Ureteral Stone.

Objective: To evaluate the association of ureteral wall thickness (UWT) with spontaneous passage (SP) of ureteral stones and formation of ureteral stricture (US) in patients who underwent ureterorenoscopy for ureteral stones.

Study Design: Cohort study.

Place And Duration Of Study: Department of Urology, University of Health Sciences, Bursa Yuksek Ihtisas Training and Research Hospital, Turkey, between January 2019 and June 2021.

Investigation of Factors Related to Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy Failure in Horseshoe Kidneys and Comparison of Three Stone Scoring Systems in Prediction of Outcomes.

Introduction: We aimed to identify factors affecting percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PNL) outcomes among patients with horseshoe kidney (HSK) and assess the predictive accuracy of the Clinical Research Office of the Endourological Society (CROES), Guy's Stone Score (GSS), and S.T.O.

Free prostate-specific antigen outperforms total prostate-specific antigen as a predictor of prostate volume in patients without prostate cancer.

Objective: In the management of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), urology guide- lines recommend medical or surgical treatments according to different prostate volumes (PV). The aim of this study was to analyze the relationships between PV and age, total and free prostate specific antigen (tPSA, fPSA) and fPSA/tPSA ratio in patients without histologically proven prostate cancer.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective analysis was made of the data of 1334 patients who underwent transrectal ultra- sound (TRUS)-guided prostate biopsy between January 2016 and October 2018.

Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy via a Middle Calyx Access Is Effective in the Treatment of Lower Pole Kidney Stones: A Single-Center Study.

Purpose: To compare the efficacy of the middle calyx access (MCA) and lower calyx access (LCA) in the treatment of lower pole kidney stones.

Materials And Methods: The data of patients with isolated lower pole kidney stones who underwent percutaneous nephrolithotomy via MCA or LCA between 2009 and 2019 were evaluated retrospectively. Pre-, peri-, and postoperative parameters of the groups (LCA group and MCA group) were compared.

Comparison of Guy's Stone Score and clinical research of the endourological society nomogram for predicting surgical outcomes after pediatric percutaneous nephrolithotomy: a single center study.

Background: The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of Guy's Stone Score (GSS) and Clinical Research of the Endourological Society (CROES) Nomogram in predicting PCNL outcomes in the pediatric patients with kidney stone.

Methods: A retrospective review of the clinical data of 120 pediatric patients who underwent PCNL between August 2004 and February 2016 was performed. Patients were grouped according to stone-free (SF) status and complication status.

Lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio is a valuable marker to predict prostate cancer in patients with prostate specific antigen between 4 and 10 ng/dl.

Objective: To evaluate the diagnostic value of serum inflammation markers derived from complete blood count in diagnosis of prostate cancer (PCa).

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the data of 621 patients who underwent prostate biopsy between March 2013 and April 2018. Age, prostate specific antigen (PSA), free PSA, platelet count, neutrophil count, lymphocyte count, monocyte count, prostate volume (PV) and pathology result of the patients were recorded.

Percutaneous nephrolithotomy in solitary kidneys: effective, safe and improves renal functions.

Background: To evaluate success and complication rates of endourological stone treatments and to evaluate effects of percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) on renal functions, in patients with solitary kidneys.

Methods: In our center, 3150 patients underwent PCNL between 2003 and 2017 and 142 patients underwent retrograd intrarenal surgery (RIRS) between 2013 and 2017. We retrospectively analysed the data of 82 patients with solitary kidney who underwent PCNL and of 8 patients with solitary kidney who underwent RIRS.

Relationship between erectile dysfunction and the neutrophil to lymphocyte and platelet to lymphocyte ratios.

The most important cause of erectile dysfunction (ED) among aging men is organic disease due to vascular disturbance that is often caused by atherosclerosis. Recently, studies have shown that atherosclerosis can manifest as an active inflammatory process rather than as passive vascular injury caused by lipid infiltration. Our study aimed to examine the association of ED with the neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and the platelet/lymphocyte ratio (PLR), both of which are markers of inflammation.

Genetic characterization of the Turkish gray hamster (Cricetulus migratorius) based on mitochondrial cytochrome b and 12S rRNA sequences.

Although genetic diversity and phylogenetic status of the gray hamster (Cricetulus migratorius) have been investigated from different regions in previous studies, genetic data on this species from Turkey are still lacking, since previous data have been based on a limited number of gray hamsters sampled across the Anatolian part of Turkey. The aim of this study was to determine the genetic diversity of the Anatolian population and to reveal the phylogenetic relationships among the Anatolian population and conspecific populations of the gray hamster. The complete and partial fragments of mitochondrial Cyt b and 12S rRNA from the 20 Turkish samples were amplified and sequenced.

Factors Influencing Complications of Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy: A Single-Center Study.

Purpose: Percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PNL) is a minimally invasive procedure used for successful treatment of renal calculi. However, it is associated with various complications. We assessed the complications and their potential influencing factors in patients who had undergone PNL.

Liposarcoma of the spermatic cord: A case report.

Spermatic cord liposarcoma is very rare and characterized by a painless inguinal or scrotal mass. This is a case report of a 66-year-old man presenting with a mass in his left scrotum. Inguinal orchiectomy was performed and the histopathological examination revealed a liposarcoma of the spermatic cord.

What is the best radiological method to predict the actual weight of the prostate?

Aim: We compared the weight of the prostate specimen extracted after radical prostatectomy with preoperatively estimated weights of the prostate by different imaging techniques.

Materials And Methods: Prostate weights were estimated by transabdominal ultrasonography (TAUS), transrectal ultrasonography (TRUS), and computed tomography (CT) preoperatively before radical prostatectomy. Prostatectomy specimens were weighed postoperatively and the actual prostate weights were calculated.

Fluvastatin improves insulin resistance in nondiabetic dyslipidemic patients.

Statins have multiple actions, independent of their classical effects on lipoproteins. The data about the effects of statins on insulin resistance is controversial. This study was designed to search the statin effects on nondiabetic dyslipidemic patients.