Long-term follow-up results of multiparametric prostate MRI and the prognostic value of PI-RADS: a single-center retrospective cohort study.

Purpose: We aim to examine the long-term outcomes of patients who underwent multiparametric prostate magnetic resonance imaging (mp-MRI) for suspected prostate cancer (PCa), specifically based on their initial Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System (PI-RADS) categories and various clinical factors. Our secondary aim is to evaluate the prognostic value of the PI-RADS through the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) risk group distribution.

Methods: This research was conducted as a single-center retrospective cohort study in a tertiary care hospital.

Pathology associated with adherent perirenal fat and its clinical effect.

Introduction: The dissection of perirenal fat is of critical importance to kidney surgery and ease of dissection is more important when using minimally invasive approaches. This study aimed to determine the clinical, radiological, and pathological significance of adherent perirenal fat (APF).

Materials And Methods: This prospective study included 22 patients scheduled for partial nephrectomy and 40 patients for donor nephrectomy.

Determination of risk factors for progression in patients with viable tumor at post-chemotherapy lymph node dissection due to disseminated non-seminomatous germ-cell tumors.

Background: To assess the clinical variables that effect progression in patients with viable tumor after post-chemotherapy lymph node dissection due to disseminated non-seminomatous germ-cell tumors.

Methods: We performed a retrospective analysis of 32 patients with viable tumor after PC-RPLND, operated between 1990 and 2016. Patients were categorized into 2 groups as favorable and non-favorable (intermedia and poor) according to International Germ Cell Consensus Classification (IGCCC).

A rare and overlooked mechanical complication of partial nephrectomy: Accelerated hypertension due to renal artery stenosis.

Secondary hypertension accounts for 5% to 10% of all hypertensive cases, and renal artery stenosis is one of the most common causes of secondary hypertension. Although atherosclerotic vascular disease and fibromuscular dysplasia are the leading causes of renal artery stenosis, there are other, rare etiologies, such as vasculitis and trauma. A partial nephrectomy is the standard of care treatment option for early stage renal carcinoma patients.

Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy in Solitary Kidneys: 17 Years of Experience.

Objective: To compare the demographics and the results of patients who underwent percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) with solitary and bilateral kidneys.

Materials And Methods: Between January 1998 and August 2014, 2268 patients underwent PCNL at Hacettepe University Hospital. We retrospectively analyzed the data of 91 patients with a solitary kidney and 2177 patients with bilateral kidneys treated by PCNL.

Laparoscopic upper pole heminephrectomy in adults for treatment of duplex kidneys.

Purpose: To present our results of laparoscopic upper pole heminephrectomy in adult patients with duplex kidney.

Materials And Methods: A total of 10 patients with an age range of 27 to 54 years old underwent laparoscopic upper pole heminephrectomy for complete duplication of the renal collecting system. The key point of the technique included the placement of a catheter in the normal ureter at the beginning of the procedure.