The effect of distal ureteral lateralization angle on ureteral trauma avoidance and successful ureteral access sheath placement.

Background: The use of ureteral access sheaths (UAS), which offer advantages in flexible ureteroscopic lithotripsy (fURL), may lead to undesirable conditions such as ureteral injury, ischemia, and prolonged ureteral stenosis. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of the distal ureteral lateralization angle on successful UAS placement.

Methods: We analyzed the data of patients who underwent fURL for kidney and/or proximal ureteral stones retrospectively.

Predictive factors for manual detorsion success in testicular torsion.

Purpose: In cases of testicular torsion (TT), prompt diagnosis and treatment are highly associated with organ salvage, and manual detorsion (MD) is a recommended maneuver as a first intervention. In our study, we aimed to investigate the effect of predictive factors of TT in predicting the success of MD.

Methods: A retrospective, 2-center study was conducted on patients diagnosed with TT between January 2015 and 2024.

Effects of Novel Insulin Resistance Indices on Early Renal Functions in Donors.

Objective: To investigate the relationship between quickly calculable new insulin resistance (IR) indices used to evaluate IR in early kidney functions after donor nephrectomy.

Study Design: Descriptive design. Place and Duration of the Study: Department of Urology, Ufuk University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkiye, between January 2016 and August 2021.

Sexual satisfaction and vaccine application in health professionals in the COVID-19 pandemic.

Introduction: The negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on sexual satisfaction have been emphasized in many studies. However, there is not much information about the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the sexual satisfaction of healthcare professionals. In addition, it is not known exactly how vaccination application affects sexual satisfaction.

What Distinguishes Males With Sexual Dysfunction Who Present to Either Psychiatrists or Urologists?

Background Organic and psychological causes are intertwined in the etiology of sexual dysfunction (SD). Another important point, as well as the importance of etiology in the treatment of sexual dysfunctions, is understanding people's approaches to the problem. This study was planned to investigate whether there is a relationship between self-esteem and body perception levels of patients with sexual dysfunction and preferential applications to urology or psychiatry outpatient clinics.

Pre-test anxiety levels and postoperative pain in non-obstructive azoospermic patients: Is klinefelter syndrome a predisposing factor?

Introduction: Increased depression and anxiety incidence in infertile individuals treated with assisted reproductive techniques have been shown in studies. Postoperative pain perception after testicular sperm extraction (TESE) is thought to be related to preoperative anxiety in non-obstructive azoospermia (NOA).

Materials And Methods: Twenty patients with Klinefelter syndrome (KS) and twenty male patients with normal karyotype NOA planned for TESE under local anaesthesia due to azoospermia were included in the study.

Erectile function in SRY positive 46,XX males with normal phenotype.

Introduction: The 46,XX male syndrome is a rare disorder of sex development and has two different forms, depending on the sex-determining region's presence on the Y chromosome (SRY) gene. The SRY positive 46,XX males are usually diagnosed during infertility workup. We evaluated the erectile function of 46,XX SRY positive males and compared it with healthy males.

Can the Free/Total PSA Ratio Predict the Gleason Score Before Prostate Biopsy?

Objectives: To determine whether there is a correlation between high Gleason score and free/total (f/t) prostate specific antigen (PSA) in patients newly diagnosed with prostate carcinoma.

Materials And Methods: The study included 272 prostate biopsy patients whose total PSA value ranged from 4-10 ng/ml. The patients were divided into 2 groups according to the f/t PSA ratio: Group 1 ≤ 15% and Group 2 > 15%.

Spontaneous splenic rupture due to uremic coagulopathy and mortal sepsis after splenectomy.

Nontraumatic spontaneous splenic rupture (NSSR) has been encountered much more rarely compared with the traumatic splenic rupture. Although NSSR generally emerges in dialysis patients on account of such causes as the use of heparin during hemodialysis, uremic coagulopathy, infections, and secondary amyloidosis. Herein, we aimed to present a case of spontaneous splenic rupture which had developed soon after the inclusion of the case suffering from end-stage renal disease in routine hemodialysis program in the absence of any trauma or other prespecified risk factors for splenic rupture.

Factors effective on survival after radical prostatectomy: To what extent is pre-operative biopsy Gleason scoring is confident in predicting the prognosis?

In the present study, the effect of different grades on independent survival from the biochemical relapse was investigated through comparison of the histological grades of the biopsy and prostatectomy materials in patients undergoing radical prostatectomy (RP). A total of 152 patients undergoing RP following biopsy were retrospectively investigated in an attempt to reveal the effect of discordance between needle biopsy Gleason score and RP Gleason score on prostate specific antigen relapse-free survival. Accordingly, while 58.

Metastatic transitional cell carcinoma presenting with skin metastasis.

Transitional cell carcinomas (TCC) of upper urinary system account for 5% of all TCCs. The incidence of such metastases ranges from 0.18% to 2%.

Importance of neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio in prediction of PSA recurrence after radical prostatectomy.

Background: The aim of this study was to research the importance of the neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) in prediction of PSA recurrence after radical prostatectomy, which has not been reported so far.

Materials And Methods: The data of 175 patients who were diagnosed with localised prostate cancer and underwent retropubic radical prostatectomy was retrospectively examined. Patient pre-operative hemogram parameters of neutrophil count, lymphocyte count and NLR were assessed.

Comparison of renal function after donor and radical nephrectomy.

Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is directly proportionate to nephron reserves. In this respect, it is known that the patients who underwent radical nephrectomy due to renal tumor are under high risk of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in the long term. In this study, it was aimed to compare post-operative renal functions of patients who underwent radical nephrectomy due to renal malignancy and who underwent donor nephrectomy as renal donors, to observe whether renal failure process develops or not, and to determine the factors that affect post-operative renal functions.

Scintigraphic comparison of renal ischemia-reperfusion injury models in rats: correlations with biochemical and histopathological findings.

Objective: This study aimed to compare the effect on renal functions of ischemia-reperfusion (I-R) injury models by renal scintigraphy and to investigate possible correlations among scintigraphic, biochemical and pathological findings.

Methods: An experimental I-R injury was performed on the left kidneys of 40 Wistar rats: pedincular continuous clamping in Group 1 (n = 10), pedincular cyclic clamping in Group 2 (n = 10), arterial continuous clamping in Group 3 (n = 10) and arterial cyclic clamping in Group 4 (n = 10). A functional and morphological assessment was made by (99m)Tc-MAG3 scintigraphy, biochemical tests and histopathological examination in the late period of I-R injury.

Recurrent pancreatic fistula occurring after nephrectomy in patients with a renal hydatid cyst: a case report.

Pancreatic fistula (PF) is an important complication that may develop during intra-abdominal surgeries and following distal pancreas trauma. In the early period, drainage from the surgical site and increased amylase production based on the biochemical examination of the drainage fluid are the factors for diagnosis. In contrast, in association with fluid collected from the surgical site, intra-abdominal abscess and high fever may lead to the diagnosis in the late period.

Prolonged urinary leakage in the postoperative period of renal hydatic cyst treatment with oral desmopressin: a case report.

Introduction: Prolonged extravasation after renal and ureter surgeries is a bothersome situation for both the patient and the doctor. It is usually related to the suture line not being watertight. The contact between urine and the edges of the wound also delay healing of the wound.