Ureteral wall thickness as a predictor for non-invasive treatment success for steinstrasse. Can we save time?

Purpose: We aimed to define factors affecting the non-invasive overall treatment success (medical expulsive therapy (MET) ± shock wave lithotripsy (SWL)) for uncomplicated ureteral steinstrasse (SS) clearance.

Methods: We retrospectively evaluated consecutive patients who underwent SWL for renal stones between 2017 and 2021. Patients with uncomplicated SS were included.

The efficacy of the new Bosniak classification v.2019 in benign lesions prediction within the higher Bosniak cysts classes.

Introduction: Identification of benign lesions among higher classes of renal Bosniak cysts who are vulnerable to active surveillance instead of surgical approach is still questionable. We aimed in this study to delineate the efficacy of the new Bosniak v2019 classification in benign lesions identification among those cases with higher Bosniak classes in comparison with the final histopathology.

Materials: In a retrospective review between 2010 and 2021 for patients diagnosed as higher classes Bosniak renal masses was done.

Psychological and mental impact of long-standing incontinence on children and adolescents with complex urologic disorders.

Purpose: Incontinence has a negative impact on the quality of life and is associated with psychiatric disturbances in humans. This study evaluates the impact of long-standing incontinence on psychological and mental development.

Methods: This is a cohort study carried out in a tertiary care urologic facility.

Male sexual health predictors during the Covid-19 outbreak: a multicenter study.

Background: Pandemic-induced feelings of fear and worry are all psychological implications of the COVID-19 pandemic. The goal of this study was to see how the COVID-19 pandemic affected male Sexual Health and to look for plausible predictors.

Methods: Married males were asked to fill out an Arabic Sexual Health questionnaire.

The sequence of intervention determines the risk of early postoperative acute kidney injury in infants with bilateral ureteropelvic junction obstruction.

Introduction And Objectives: The management of bilateral ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJO) is greatly debated. We aim to identify the risk of early postoperative acute kidney injury (AKI) in relation to the sequence of intervention in children with bilateral UPJO managed in a sequential manner.

Methods: A single center database was retrospectively reviewed for children ≤2 years who underwent bilateral pyeloplasty.

Is JJ Ureteral Stenting Inferior to Percutaneous Nephrostomy as a Drainage Method in Emphysematous Pyelonephritis?

Introduction: The aim of the study was to examine the efficacy of JJ stenting in comparison with percutaneous nephrostomy (PCN) as a drainage method in patients with emphysematous pyelonephritis (EPN).

Methods: We retrospectively identified patients with EPN between January 2000 and January 2021. Platelet-to-leukocytic ratio (PLR) at the time of hospital admission and discharge, time taken to clear air locules and to normalize leukocytic count, and air locule volume in mm3 were identified.

Optimization of shockwave lithotripsy use for single medium sized hard renal stone with stone density ≥ 1000 HU. A prospective study.

Purpose: To identify shock wave lithotripsy (SWL) success predictors in hard renal stones (average stone density ≥ 1000 HU).

Materials: We prospectively evaluated patients who underwent SWL for hard renal stones between April 2018 and December 2020. Radiological parameters were identified, e.

Initial radiological findings associated with active bleeding control necessity and long term functional outcomes after isolated high grade blunt renal trauma.

Introduction: To assess the predictors for conservative management failure and long term outcomes after isolated blunt high grade renal trauma (HGRT).

Methods:  A retrospective analysis of patients with isolated blunt HGRT (renal trauma grade ≥ IV) was conducted. Patients' demographics, clinical presentation, laboratory and radiological investigations, and different lines of treatment were retrieved.

Obesity and Overactive Bladder: Is It a Matter of Body Weight, Fat Distribution or Function? A Preliminary Results.

Objective: To determine the relationship between subcutaneous fat, visceral fat surface area (VFA), bladder wall fat distribution, and visceral adiposity index (VAI) as risk factors for overactive bladder (OAB) occurrence.

Patients And Methods: A cross-sectional study involved 157 participants was conducted. The participants were divided into 2 groups; study group (87 patients diagnosed with OAB) and control group (70 healthy participants).