Does using alprazolam during outpatient flexible cystoscopy decrease anxiety and pain?

Objectives: To evaluate the effect of pre-operative alprazolam medication on anxiety and pain in flexible cystoscopy for bladder cancer follow-up.

Methods: A total of 86 male patients who had flexible cystoscopy for bladder cancer follow-up at 6th and 9th months were included in the study. A visual analog scale (VAS) pain score and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) were used.

The role of the bipolar plasmakinetic TURP over 100 g prostate in the elderly patients.

Background And Purpose: Bipolar plasma kinetic (BP) transurethral resection of prostate (TURP) has been proved to be a safe and effective treatment for benign prostatic enlargement (BPE). However, the role of bipolar TURP on large prostates over 100 g compared with open suprapubic prostatectomy (SP) in elderly patients (>65 years) has not ever been studied before.

Patients And Methods: A retrospective analysis of patients' medical records between 2007 and 2012 was performed.

Size of the transrectal ultrasound probe makes no difference in pain perception during TRUS-Bx under adequate local anesthesia.

Introduction And Objectives: In the great majority of the cases, transrectal ultrasound guided prostate biopsy (TRUS-Bx) is the definitive step in the diagnosis of prostate cancer (CaP). Although this procedure is well tolerated by most patients, it can result in considerable discomfort that can effectively be overcome with local injection anesthesia. In this study, we evaluated the effect of the size (i.