Relationship between the Severity of Coronary Artery Disease and Catheter-Associated Urethral Stricture in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome.

Different arterial segments throughout the vascular system develop similar grades of atherosclerosis concomitantly. Urethral ischemia has been proposed as a cause of urethral stricture. Therefore, we aimed to investigate the relationship between coronary artery disease severity using a SYNTAX score and urethral stricture occurrence after urethral catheterization in patients with non-ST-segment-elevation acute coronary syndrome (ACS).

Laparoscopic transperitoneoscopic nephroureterectomy in a patient with situs inversus totalis.

This article discusses the case of a 78-year-old female with painless gross hematuria. Chest X-rays showed dextrocardia with situs inversus, and whole-body computed tomography scanning showed a renal mass in the right renal pelvis, no evidence of metastasis, and mirror-image organs with left-to-right transposition, which resulted in a diagnosis of situs inversus totalis (SIT). A laparoscopic transperitoneoscopic right nephroureterectomy was scheduled.

An alternative method for determining daily bladder perception.

Objectives: To avoid the unphysiologic nature of cystometry, we searched a new tool for evaluating bladder perceptions.

Methods: The study group consisted of 25 (14 girls and 11 boys) primary monosymptomatic enuretic children with a mean age of 11 (range 8-16). Four children were excluded due to neuromuscular dysfunctions of the bladder, which was demonstrated with the help of cystometry.

The effect of testosterone therapy on lower urinary tract symptoms/bladder and sexual functions in men with symptomatic late-onset hypogonadism.

Objective: To prospectively investigate the effect of testosterone therapy on lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS)/bladder and sexual functions in men with symptomatic late-onset hypogonadism (SLOH).

Methods: The study included 25 men (age range 38 to 73 years) presented with sexual dysfunction, having SLOH, at a single university hospital. All men received testosterone replacement therapy with transdermal testosterone 50-100 mg gel per day for one year.

The effect of testosterone alone and testosterone + estradiol therapy on bladder functions and smooth muscle/collagen content in surgically menopause induced rats.

Objectives: The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of testosterone alone and testosterone+estradiol therapy on bladder functions and smooth muscle/collagen content in surgically menopause induced rat model.

Methods: The study included 34 female Sprague-Dawley rats, and the rats were divided into four groups. After bilateral oophorectomy, during a 60 days period, six rats received IM saline injection for one time, as a control group, and nine rats received testosterone undecanoate 100mg/kg IM for one time, and nine rats received testosterone undecanoate 100mg/kg IM for one time + daily 0.