Does sodium bicarbonate reduce painful voiding after flexible cystoscopy? A prospective, randomized, double-blind, controlled trial.

Objective: • To determine if sodium bicarbonate (Ural) reduces painful voiding after flexible cystoscopy.

Patients And Methods: • 300 patients over 18 years old undergoing elective flexible cystoscopy were enrolled in a randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial. Patients with active urinary tract infections, indwelling urinary catheters and/or requiring additional procedures such as biopsy and dilatation were excluded.

Testicular microlithiasis: a case report and review of the literature.

Testicular microlithiasis (TM) is a rare condition in which men have innumerable testicular calcifications. It is increasingly being reported on ultrasound. The published literature has reported an association between confirmed testicular malignancy and testicular microlithiasis.