Quadruple-D score in the success rate of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy of renal stones in pediatric population.

Objectives: Evaluation of the validity of the Quadruple-D score in the prediction of success in pediatric stone disease.

Materials And Methods: Of the 292 children treated with SWL between 2007 and 2023, a total of 158 children who had adequate follow-up data and evaluated with non-contrast computed tomography before SWL, were included in the study. Parameters were calculated for each of the stone volume (SV), skin-to-stone distance (SSD), stone density (SD) and stone location (SL) variables.

The Relationship Between Lymphocyte Subtypes with Clinicopathological Features and Prognosis of Prostate Cancer in Patients Undergoing Radical Prostatectomy.

Objective: The immune system has an essential role in the development of cancer by showing both anti-tumor and pro-tumor activities. Understanding the immune func- tion of patients with malignancy is of clinical importance for the evaluation, treatment, and prognosis of the disease. We aimed to evaluate lymphocyte subtypes in peripheral blood samples of prostate cancer patients and their relationship with clinicopathologi- cal features and prognosis.

Does previous endoscopic subureteric injection (STING) effect the outcomes of robot-assisted laparoscopic ureteral reimplantation surgery (RALUR) in children?

Background: There is lack of evidence on the success of robot-assisted laparoscopic ureteral reimplantation (RALUR) for the treatment of vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) who had prior intervention.

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the effect of previous unsuccessful STING on the outcomes of RALUR in children.

Study Design: A total of 67 children treated with RALUR by a single surgeon for the treatment of VUR were scanned between February 2018 and April 2022.

Retrograde Intrarenal Surgery in Children: Evolution, Current Status, and Future Trends.

Incidence of urolithiasis in children has increased in recent years and with technological advancements and miniaturization of surgical instruments, pediatric urologists have acquired an impressive arsenal for their treatment. Retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS) has gained widespread popularity as it is a natural extension of semirigid ureteroscopy and can be done through natural orifice minimizing the morbidity of percutaneous access. The aim of this narrative review is to describe how RIRS has evolved over the decades in children and if the age-related anatomical difference impacts reported outcomes especially stone-free rate (SFR) and complications.

Paediatric stone management: innovations and standards.

Purpose Of Review: The aim of this study was to discuss current trends and recent developments in the surgical management of paediatric urolithiasis.

Recent Findings: Medical expulsive therapy (MET) is considered as an option for the treatment of children with ureter stones. Extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy (SWL) remains as a first option for majority of kidney stones and upper ureter stones.

European Association of Urology and European Society for Paediatric Urology Guidelines on Paediatric Urinary Stone Disease.

Context: Paediatric stone disease is an important clinically entity and management is often challenging. Although it is known that the condition is endemic in some geographic regions of the world, the global incidence is also increasing. Patient age and sex; the number, size, location, and composition of the stone; and the anatomy of the urinary tract are factors that need to be taken into consideration when choosing a treatment modality.

Practical recommendations of the EAU-ESPU guidelines committee for monosymptomatic enuresis-Bedwetting.

Background And Aims: The objective of this update of the EAU-ESPU guidelines recommendations for nocturnal enuresis was to review the recent published literature of studies, reviews, guidelines regarding the etiology, diagnosis and treatment options of nocturnal enuresis and transform the information into a practical recommendation strategy for the general practitioner, pediatrician, pediatric urologist and urologist.

Material And Methods: Since 2012 a monthly literature search using Scopus® was performed and the relevant literature was reviewed and prospectively registered on the European Urology bedwetting enuresis resource center (http://bedwetting.europeanurology.

Robot-assisted laparoscopic pyeloplasty (RALP) in children with horseshoe kidneys: results of a multicentric study.

Purpose: This multicentric study aimed to report our experience with robot-assisted laparoscopic pyeloplasty (RALP) in children with horseshoe kidney (HSK).

Methods: The records of 14 patients (11 boys and 3 girls with an average age of 9 years), who underwent RALP for repair of pelvi-ureteric junction obstruction (PUJO) in HSK in five international pediatric urology units over a 5-year period, were retrospectively reviewed. A dismembered pyeloplasty with no division of isthmus was performed in all the cases.

Validation of a Simulation-training Model for Robotic Intracorporeal Bowel Anastomosis Using a Step-by-step Technique.

Objective: To develop and validate a training model for the robotic intracorporeal bowel anastomosis.

Methods: For simulation, surgeons with varying levels of experience were instructed about bowel anastomosis robotic surgical simulation in a short educational video. All participants performed the required steps for the intracorporeal bowel anastomosis under standardized conditions.

Management of undescended testes: European Association of Urology/European Society for Paediatric Urology Guidelines.

Context: Undescended testis is the most common endocrinological disease in the male newborn period. Incidence varies between 1.0% and 4.