The Histopathological Effect of Aloe Vera on the Wound Healing Process in a Surgically Created Tubularized Incised Plate Urethroplasty Model on Rats.

Background: Hypospadias is a common congenital anomaly which is determined as an abnormal urethral opening on the ventral face of penis. The purpose of this rat model study was to research the effect of topically applied Aloe vera after a tubularized incised plate urethroplasty (TIPU).

Methods: The TIPU model was applied to male Wistar albino rats.

Does intraurethral erythropoietin administration effect wound healing after hypospadias correction? an experimental rat study.

Objectives: To analyze effects of intraurethral EPO application on urethral wound healing by defining hystopathologic changes in a rat model of hypospadias.

Methods: A hypospadias model was created in 30 rats and randomized into 3 groups of 10. For 14 days, the first group was administered 25 iu EPO instillation intraurethrally once a day, while group 2 was administered with 50 iu EPO in the same manner.

Outcomes of different minimally invasive techniques in lower calyceal stones of 1 to 2 centimeters: A prospective, randomized study.

Objective: To compare efficiency, safety and full cost of lower retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS) and percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PNL) types for the treatment of lower calyceal stones between 1 and 2 cm in size.

Methods: This was a prospective, randomized study. In all, 175 patients were randomly divided into five groups of 35 patients each: Group A was managed by RIRS, Group B by micro PNL, Group C by ultra-mini PNL, Group D by mini PNL, and Group E by standard PNL.

Efficacy of silodosin or mirabegron in medical expulsive therapy for ureteral stones: a prospective, randomized-controlled study.

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of silodosin or mirabegron as a medical expulsive therapy for ureteric stones in adults.

Patients-method: This is a prospective, randomized multicentric study. Patients who had ureter stones in size between 4 and 10 mm were assessed prospectively.

Adjunction of tamsulosin or mirabegron before semi-rigid ureterolithotripsy improves outcomes: prospective, randomized single-blind study.

Objective: To evaluate efficiency and safety of adjunct tamsulosin and mirabegron therapy before semi-rigid ureteroscopy for ureteral stones.

Materials And Methods: In this prospective, randomized, single-blind and multicentric study, participants were randomized into three groups. Group 1 was the control, participants in Group 2 used tamsulosin, and those in Group 3 used mirabegron.

A new checklist method enhances treatment compliance and response of behavioural therapy for primary monosymptomatic nocturnal enuresis: a prospective randomised controlled trial.

Purpose: The aim of the study was to demonstrate the benefits of a newly-established written checklist of behavioural instructions for monosymptomatic nocturnal enuresis.

Methods: From a total of 96 parents with children who complain of bedwetting three or more nights per week for at least 14 days, 79 were randomly divided into three groups. Group I (n = 27) were instructed to apply only behavioural therapy as a written guideline, Group II (n = 26) were instructed to apply behavioural therapy with a written checklist for parents to fully complete and Group III (n = 26) received desmopressin treatment plus verbal behavioural therapy.

Does inguinal hernia repair affect uroflowmetric parameters? A prospective controlled clinical trial.

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the changes in uroflowmetric values of male patients following elective inguinal hernia repair.

Methods: The study group comprised patients treated with open or laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair. Patients who underwent surgery due to various diseases such as cataract, multinodular goiter, choledocholithiasis, thyroid and breast cancer, hydrocele, or spermatocele were recruited to the control group.

A Comparison of EORTC And CUETO Risk Tables in Terms of the Prediction of Recurrence and Progression in All Non-Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer Patients.

Purpose: To compare the prediction accuracy of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) and the Spanish Urology Association for Oncological Treatment (CUETO) risk tables in all non-muscle invasive bladder cancer patients.

Material And Methods: Recurrence and progression-free survival of all patients were assessed according to the EORTC and the CUETO risk tables for each patient and the concordance index was used to indicate discriminative ability. Statistical analyses were performed, at 1 and 5 years, to the whole group and separately to those treated or not treated with bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) .

The Relationship Between Nocturnal Enuresis and Spina Bifida Occulta: A Prospective Controlled Trial.

Objective: To compare the frequency of spina bifida occulta (SBO) detected in patients with nocturnal enuresis (NE) and to investigate its clinical significance.

Methods: Patients aged 6 to 15 years who were admitted to the urology clinic with NE were included in this prospective study. The control group consisted of patients who were admitted with a complaint of abdominal or lateral pain.

Intraurethral Erythropoietin to Prevent Fibrosis and Improve Urethral Healing: An Experimental Study in a Rat Model.

Objective: To determine the effects of intraurethral erythropoietin (EPO) on an experimentally induced urethral injury in a rat model with respect to wound healing enhancement and the prevention of spongiofibrosis MATERIAL AND METHODS: A urethral injury model was created by traumatizing the urethra of male rats with a tilted-tip insulin injector. Thirty rats were randomly separated into 3 groups of 10; Group 1 (control) received 0.9% saline solution twice a day, Group II received EPO 25 IU/kg once a day and 0.

Comparison of renal function after robot - assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy versus retropubic radical prostatectomy.

Purpose: To investigate the effect of robot assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALP) and open retropubic radical prostatectomy (RRP) on early renal function in this study.

Materials And Methods: Preoperative and postoperative urea, creatinine, Hb, eGFR values of patients who had undergone RALP and RRP with prostate cancer (PCa) diagnosis were recorded in our clinic. The percentages of change in these values are calculated.

Is There Any Association Between Regular Physical Activity and Ejaculation Time?

Purpose: Premature ejaculation (PE) is a prevalent disorder in males leading to sequelae such as lack of self-confidence,anxiety, depression and unsatisfactory intercourse for these men and their partners. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between ejaculation and physical activity.

Materials And Methods: Group 1 comprised 112 participants who took regular physical activity and Group 2 comprised 126 participants with a sedentary lifestyle.

Do alpha-1 antagonist medications affect the success of semi-rigid ureteroscopy? A prospective, randomised, single-blind, multicentric study.

The objective of this study is to assess the efficacy of adjunctive silodosin therapy in improving the success rate of semi-rigid ureteroscopy for removing ureteral stones. Prospective randomised controlled clinical trial performed between July 2016 and September 2016. All the patients underwent ureteroscopic holmium lithotripsy with a YAG laser.

Does Preoperative Use of Dutasteride Decrease Bleeding During Open Prostatectomy?

Purpose: To investigate whether use of dutasteride, a 5-alpha reductase inhibitor, for at least four weeks preoperatively affected the blood loss during open prostatectomy (OP).

Materials And Methods: Retrospective analysis was made of the data of 110 patients who had undergone OP. Group I comprised 50 patients that used dutasteride for 4 weeks preoperatively, and Group II comprised 60 patients that did not use the drug.

Association between coronary artery disease severity and overactive bladder in geriatric patients.

Purpose: To investigate the association between overactive bladder (OAB) and coronary artery disease (CAD) as demonstrated on coronary angiography in patients > 65 years.

Methods: The patients who were > 65 years completed an OAB-V8 form before undergoing coronary angiography at a tertiary care hospital. The presence of OAB was documented using the self-administered OAB-V8 questionnaire.

Comparison of ultra-mini percutaneous nephrolithotomy and micro-percutaneous nephrolithotomy in moderate-size renal stones.

Objective: We aimed to compare the success and complications of ultra-mini percutaneous nephrolithotomy and micro-percutaneous nephrolithotomy techniques.

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed data from 74 patients. Moderate-size stones were included in the study.

Evaluation with Decision Trees of Efficacy and Safety of Semirigid Ureteroscopy in the Treatment of Proximal Ureteral Calculi.

Purpose: The decision on the choice of proximal ureteral stone therapy depends on many factors, and sometimes urologists have difficulty in choosing the treatment option. This study is aimed at evaluating the factors affecting the success of semirigid ureterorenoscopy (URS) using the "decision tree" method.

Materials And Methods: From January 2005 to November 2015, the data of consecutive patients treated for proximal ureteral stone were retrospectively analyzed.

Applicability of the EORTC risk tables to predict outcomes in non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer in Turkish patients.

Objective: To evaluate the consistency of the results of patients who were treated for non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) in our clinic with the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) risk table.

Material And Methods: Data were retrospectively analyzed from 452 patients who had undergone transurethral resection of bladder tumor (TUR-BT) between the years 2002, and 2010 for primary or recurrent NMIBC. Our study had a retrospective design but based on prospective cohort study.

Efficacy of Silodosin Dose in Medical Expulsive Therapy for Distal Ureteral Stones: A Retrospective Study.

Purpose: We aimed to investigate the efficacy of silodosin 4 mg/day and 8 mg/day for medical expulsive therapy(MET) of lower ureteral stones.

Materials And Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the medical records of 161 patients admitted to urologyclinics of Ahi Evran University Medical Faculty and Ankara Training and Research Hospital with distal ureteralstones and treated with MET with different doses of silodosin between January 2013 and August 2015. 81 patientswere treated with silodosin 4mg/day in group-1 and 80 patients with silodosin 8mg/day in group-2.

Psychological and sexual effects of circumcision in adult males.

Introduction: Our aim was to investigate the psychological and sexual effects of circumcision in adult men, and analyze these changes following circumcision.

Methods: We included 37 adults who applied to our clinic for circumcision and who did not have any psychiatric or urologic disorders and age-matched 30 controls in our study. Body Cathexis Scale (BCS), Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS), and Premature Ejaculation Diagnostic Tool (PEDT) were applied to the study group twice, once before and once three months after circumcision, and only once in the control group.

Overview of different scoring systems in Fournier's Gangrene and assessment of prognostic factors.

Objective: In this study we aimed to evaluate prognostic factors for the survival of patients with Fournier's gangrene (FG), and overview different validated scoring systems for outcome prediction.

Material And Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the data of 39 patients treated for FG in our clinic. Data were collected on medical history, symptoms, physical examination findings, vital signs, laboratory parameters at admission and at the end of treatment, timing and extent of surgical debridement, and the antibiotic treatment used.

Does maternal exposure during pregnancy to higher ambient temperature increase the risk of hypospadias?

Introduction: The association between ambient temperature that the mother is exposed to during pregnancy and hypospadias has not been investigated by the studies, although the recent studies showed the correlation between some congenital malformations (congenital heart disease, neural tube defect, etc.) and ambient temperature.

Objective: The aim was to investigate the relation between hypospadias and the ambient temperatures that the mother is exposed to during her pregnancy.

The effect of ureteroscope size in the treatment of ureteral stone: 15-year experience of an endoscopist.

Objective: We aimed to investigate the ureter stone treatment results performed by using different- caliber semirigid ureteroscopes (URS).

Material And Methods: Adult patients who were treated for ureteral stones by a single endoscopist between January 2000 and March 2015 were analyzed. The patients were divided into 3 groups in accordance with the caliber of the ureteroscope used: 10/10.

The modified ultra-mini percutaneous nephrolithotomy technique and comparison with standard nephrolithotomy: a randomized prospective study.

To compare the success and complications of ultra-mini percutaneous nephrolithotomy (UPNL) and standard percutaneous nephrolithotomy (SPNL) techniques. We prospectively analyzed 50 patients who underwent SPNL, and 47 patients who underwent UPNL. The patients with a stone size equal to or smaller than 25 mm and we used flipping a coin as the randomization technique.