Publications by authors named "Taha Ucar"
Objectives: To assess the contemporary malignancy rate in isolated de novo red patches in the bladder and associated risk factors for better selection of red patch biopsy.
Patients: Patients from the IDENTIFY dataset; Patients referred to secondary care with suspected urinary tract cancer and found to have isolated de novo red patches on cystoscopy.
Methods: We reported the unadjusted cancer prevalence in isolated de novo red patches that were biopsied; multivariable logistic regression was used to explore cancer-associated risk factors including age, sex, smoking, type of haematuria, LUTS, UTIs and a suspicious-looking red patch (as reported by the cystoscopist).
Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of the symptoms of the Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction Research Network Symptom Index-29 (LURN SI-29) questionnaire in assessing alpha-blocker treatment response in patients with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS).
Methods: This prospective, non-randomized, multicentre trial included males with LUTS who visited urology outpatient clinics between January and April 2023. The most employed LUTS questionnaire is the International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS), while the LURN SI-29 was also utilized.
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.
Introduction: At the end of their residency program, urology trainees should reach the minimum skills required to be able to work by themselves and within a team. To achieve this objective, it is fundamental that the training involves not only surgical activities, but also theoretical, academic, and relational ones. What is the perfect balance between these activities within the ideal urological training? This study aims to evaluate the concordance in different concepts of good urological training between different perspectives (trainees vs professors).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: The aim of this article was to evaluate the personal monetary costs associated with the urology residency.
Material And Methods: The European Society of Residents in Urology (ESRU) designed a 35-item survey and distributed it via email and social media to urology residents in Europe.Monthly net salary and educational expenses (general expenses, literature, congresses and courses) and opinions regarding sponsorship and expenditure were evaluated.
Background: Evidence-based medicine (EBM) was introduced as a concept in the early 1990s as an integration of the best available evidence with clinical expertise and patient values.
Objective: To evaluate the current status of EBM training and EBM perception, attitudes, and self-perceived skills among European urology residents.
Design Setting And Participants: Our online open survey comprised 28 multiple-choice items, including ten questions with responses on a five-point Likert scale ranging from 1 = strongly disagree to 5 = strongly agree.
Background: To evaluate hand-assisted laparoscopic donor nephrectomy (HALDN) in terms of intraoperative and postoperative results.
Methods: After institutional review board approval was obtained, a total of 1864 HALDN operations performed between March 2007 and January 2022 were retrospectively analyzed. Age, sex, body mass index (BMI), status of smoking and presence of previous abdominal surgery, laterality, operative time, transfusion requirement, port counts, length of extraction incision, time until mobilization, time until oral intake, donor serum creatinine levels before and one week after the surgery, length of postoperative hospital stay, intraoperative complications, and postoperative recovery and complications were recorded and statistically analyzed.
Background: Imaging modalities are used to diagnose and clinical grading of clinically significant prostate cancer. In this study, 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT (PSMA) and multiparametric prostate MRI (mp-MRI) were compared in regard to locating intraprostatic tumor and locoregional staging.
Methods: After ethics committee approval, a total of 49 patients with prostate cancer who had mp-MRI and PSMA before radical prostatectomy were included.
Background: Patient factors associated with urinary tract cancer can be used to risk stratify patients referred with haematuria, prioritising those with a higher risk of cancer for prompt investigation.
Objective: To develop a prediction model for urinary tract cancer in patients referred with haematuria.
Design, Setting, And Participants: A prospective observational study was conducted in 10 282 patients from 110 hospitals across 26 countries, aged ≥16 yr and referred to secondary care with haematuria.
Introduction And Objectives: Prostate cancer (PCa) is the most widespread malignancy within men. Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), which is the central component of advanced PCa treatment, causes side effects. The goal of this study was to examine the metabolic changes and bioelectrical impedance analysis differences in PCa patients who received ADT.
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- This study aimed to investigate corneal changes in patients with interstitial cystitis (IC), focusing on how it affects corneal sensation and nerve fiber density.
- Thirty IC patients and thirty-two healthy controls were examined, with tests for corneal sensation, tear breakup time, and nerve fiber analysis using in vivo corneal confocal microscopy.
- Results showed that IC patients had higher corneal sensation but lower nerve fiber density compared to healthy controls, suggesting that changes in nerve fibers might contribute to increased sensitivity and potential long-term sensitization.
Purpose: To investigate the prognostic and clinicopathologic value of Ki-67 and profilin 1 immunohistochemical expression in primary pT1 papillary urothelial bladder cancer.
Materials And Methods: This study included 88 male and 13 female pT1 primary bladder cancer patients. Demographic characteristics, tumor histological grade, tumor number, presence of concomitant carcinoma in situ, tumor size, and status of recurrence or progression were recorded for each patient.
Objective: To evaluate the contemporary prevalence of urinary tract cancer (bladder cancer, upper tract urothelial cancer [UTUC] and renal cancer) in patients referred to secondary care with haematuria, adjusted for established patient risk markers and geographical variation.
Patients And Methods: This was an international multicentre prospective observational study. We included patients aged ≥16 years, referred to secondary care with suspected urinary tract cancer.
The effects of treatment modalities such as retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS) and shock wave lithotripsy (SWL) on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) were determined in patients with renal stones between 10 and 20 mm. A total of 120 patients were included in the study and prospectively randomized to RIRS or SWL group. A total of 39 patients experienced treatment failure and finally 81 patients (45 patients in the RIRS group, 36 patients in the SWL group) were analyzed for HRQoL.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Our objective was to elucidate the discussion points of circumcision on social media (SoMe) by looking at the Twitter activity.
Material And Methods: Twitter searched for #circumcision hashtag via www.tweetarchivist.