The impact of audiovisual information on parental anxiety levels prior to hypospadias surgery: A prospective single center cohort study.

Background: Most parents have anxiety before a pediatric surgical procedure. Parental anxiety may impair the parents' ability to cope with new or stressful situations while their children are undergoing surgery. By effectively improving the education of parents regarding the diagnosis, treatment, and potential complications of hypospadias and surgical repair, it might be feasible to reduce their anxiety during this process.

Urinary stone in infants; should vitamin D prophylaxis be stopped?

Background: This study investigated the effect of the discontinuation of vitamin D supplementation on kidney stone formation in children under 2 years of age.

Methods: This study involved a retrospective analysis of two patient groups. The first group comprised postoperative patients who were stone-free, while the second group consisted of asymptomatic patients with kidney stones.

Grade Heterogeneity in High-Grade Urothelial Carcinomas: Does It Have an Impact on the Survival of Patients With Intermediate/High-Risk Nonmuscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer Who Received Adequate Adjuvant Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Therapy?

Purpose: We aimed to compare recurrence-free survival (RFS) and progression-free survival (PFS) of the patients with pure high-grade (HG) vs mixed-grade (MG) nonmuscle-invasive bladder cancer who received adequate bacillus Calmette-Guérin therapy.

Materials And Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort analysis using data from an institutional database. The study included patients diagnosed with HG nonmuscle-invasive bladder cancer at the initial transurethral resection specimen between 2010 and 2020.

Effects of onabotulinum toxin-A injection on sexual function in women with refractory interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome: A prospective study.

Objectives: To determine the effect of intravesical onabotulinum toxin-A (BoNT-A) treatment on sexual functions in female patients with refractory interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS).

Methods: Female patients with IC/BPS refractory to previous treatments were included in the study between January 2020 and April 2022. Patients were treated with the trigone-sparing injection (Group 1) or trigone-included injection (Group 2) techniques.

Simultaneous uroflowmetry and urinalysis with single specimen - A prospective evaluation of automatic urine strip analyzer of ORUBA INALYS: Uroflowmetry-urinalysis combined device.

Objective: To evaluate the consistency of the urinalysis results performed with the ORUBA INALYS device, (Oruba, Ankara, Turkey) which can perform urinalysis and uroflowmetry simultaneously, with the analysis results performed with the SYSMEX UC3500 automated urine chemistry analyzer (Sysmex, Kobe, Japan).

Material And Methods: In this prospective study, urinalysis of 50 male patients with lower urinary tract symptoms were evaluated. The parameters of glucose, pH, urobilinogen, bilirubin and ketone, leukocyte, protein, and blood were measured with ORUBA INALYS, and the same urine specimens collected from ORUBA INALYS by a special setup were sent to the laboratory for urinalysis with Sysmex UC-3500 to assess the concordance of the results between two devices.

Investigation of Atypical Cell Parameter in the Surveillance of Patients with NMIBC; Initial Outcomes of a Single Center Prospective Study.

Objective: To investigate how well the Sysmex automated urine-analyzer's atypical-cell parameter can predict oncological outcomes when compared to cytology and pathology data in the follow-up of NMIBC patients.

Material And Methods: We prospectively collected clinical data from 273 patients who underwent cystoscopic examination due to benign and malign reasons in our center between June 2020 and March 2021. Patients were divided into 2 groups.

Sexual dysfunction in women with interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome: Do onabotulinum toxin-A injections improve sexual function?

Introduction: Interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS) has a negative impact on female sexual function. We aimed to evaluate the effect of intravesical botulinum toxin-A (BTX-A) injection on the improvement of sexual dysfunction and urinary symptoms using the multi-domain female sexual function Index (FSFI), interstitial cystitis symptom index (ICSI), and interstitial cystitis problem index (ICPI).

Material And Method: The data of the 23 patients (study group) who received intravesical BTX-A with the diagnosis of IC/BPS were reviewed.

Predicting ESWL success by determination of Hounsfield unit on non-contrast CT is clinically irrelevant in children.

The necessity of determining stone density by non-contrast computerized tomography (NCCT) before extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) is a controversial topic due to the radiation exposure. We aimed to investigate whether stone density is helpful in predicting the success of ESWL in pediatric patients or not. In this retrospective study, database of a single center was used to identify 232 children aged between 2 and 16 years.

Does Switching Bacillus Calmette-Guerin Strains During Maintenance Therapy Affect the Outcome in Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer?

Objective: To compare the patients who have received 1 type of BCG strain during maintenance therapy with patients treated with multiple BCG strains.

Material And Methods: We reviewed 279 patients treated with BCG between January 2012 and May 2019, retrospectively. The primary endpoints of the study were recurrence-free survival (RFS) and progression-free survival (PFS) rates among patients receiving same BCG strain (Group-1) and multiple BCG strains (Group-2).

Effect of Active Aspiration and Sheath Location on Intrapelvic Pressure During Miniaturized Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy.

Objective: To evaluate the effects of location of the tip of percutaneous sheath and nephroscope in the collecting system together with active aspiration on the Intrapelvic pressure measurements (IPP) during miniaturized percutaneous nephrolithotomy (miniPNL).

Materials And Methods: The data of 20 patients underwent miniPNL in supine position was collected prospectively. IPP measurements were done with an 8 Fr urodynamic pressure measurement catheter in 4 different settings with respect to location of tip of sheath and nephroscope.

Effect of continuous antibiotic prophylaxis in children with postoperative JJ stents: A prospective randomized study.

Objective: We aimed to investigate the effectiveness of continuous antibiotic prophylaxis (CAP) in patients with JJ stent and tried to identify the group that could specifically benefit from CAP by a prospective randomized study.

Methods: A prospective, randomized, controlled, non-blind, non-placebo study was performed in a single center.A total of 105 patients who underwent surgery with JJ stent (PNL, URS, pyeloplasty, UNC) were randomized into two groups.

What is the optimum lithotripsy method for high density stones during mini-PNL? Laser, ballistic or combination of both.

Percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PNL) is the primary treatment option for renal stones > 20 mm in diameter. Mini-PNL gained popularity with its minimally invasive nature. The aim of this study was to compare the efficiency of ballistic and laser lithotripsy with the combined use of both techniques.