Could "Retrograde Intrarenal Surgery" be Used as an Efficient Technique in the Treatment of Calyceal Diverticula Stones.

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS) and holmium laser lithotripsy in the treatment of symptomatic renal calyceal diverticular (CD) stones.

Study Design: A case series.

Place And Duration Of Study: Department of Urology, Hisar Intercontinental Hospital, from 2008 and 2019.

The effects of stone density on surgical outcomes of retrograde intrarenal stone surgery.

Objective: Several pre-operative parameters have been studied to estimate stone-free rate (SFR) following retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS) procedures. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of stone density on surgical outcomes of RIRS.

Methods: This retrospective study included 30 stone-free patients (Group SF) and 30 patients with residual fragments (Group RF).

Cosmetic results of circumcision and scar wrinkling: Do we exaggerate in terms of hemostasis and sutures?

Objective: To objective of this study was to investigate poor scar appearance of the circumcision line and scar wrinkling caused by the sutures placed during the circumcision in primary school age circumcised children.

Methods: A total of 455 children aged between 6 and 9 years, circumcised by four different specialists in our hospital between 2009 and 2018 were evaluated. Circumcisions performed due to balanitis, phimosis, secondary phimosis, and paraphimosis were excluded from the study.

Early Effect of Metabolic Surgery on Erectile Function and Ejaculation: a Pilot Study of Obese Men with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.

Purpose: Majority of men with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) have been reported to experience erectile dysfunction (ED) in a lifetime. The aim of our study was to prospectively evaluate the postoperative condition of ED and premature ejaculation (PE) in men who underwent metabolic surgery for the treatment of T2DM.

Materials And Methods: A total of 36 sexually active male individuals with T2DM who were applied for metabolic surgery were given two different questionnaire forms prior to and 6 months after the surgery.

Reliability of thermocautery-assisted circumcision: retrospective analysis of circumcision performed voluntarily in countries of low socioeconomic status.

Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate the reliability of thermocautery-assisted circumcision performed voluntarily in patients of poor countries.

Material And Methods: Between 2016 and 2019, 32,000 children aged 7 days to 17 years were circumcised in multiple countries. The patients' urological examinations were done before the administration of local anaesthesia.

Do 'standard laparoscopic box trainers' represent real-life conditions during transperitoneal laparoscopical interventions of the upper tract?

Background: The purpose of this study is to investigate the representativeness of the conventional laparoscopic standard box trainers in terms of real-life circumstances in transperitoneal laparoscopical interventions of the upper tract, using questionnaire inquiries with experienced surgeons.

Materials And Methods: The study was conducted with 44 laparoscopists, whose level of renal surgery experience was either high (primary surgeon in >100 cases), moderate (primary surgeon in >50 cases) or basic (primary surgeon in >20 cases). We used the box widely preferred in international training courses, which consists of a 10-mm 30° laparoscope, real endoscopic instruments, light source, monitor and chicken bone materials.

Alarm therapy and desmopressin in the treatment of patients with nocturnal enuresis.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to compare the rates of success, relapse, and compliance to treatment in patients undergoing alarm therapy or receiving desmopressin for primary monosymptomatic nocturnal enuresis (PMNE).

Materials And Methods: This retrospective study was performed by reviewing the medical files of patients undergoing alarm therapy (Group 1) or receiving desmopressin (Group 2) for PMNE, between January 2010 and July 2014. Patients undergoing treatment in the 3 and 6 month as well as 1 year follow-up data were analyzed.

Relationship between lower urinary tract symptoms and inguinal hernia.

Aim: To determine the relationship between inguinal hernia (and inguinal hernia subtypes) and low urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) due to benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH), that could be more common than we think.

Method: The study was designed retrospectively and was done in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki, including 100 patients aged > 50 years that were divided into 2 groups: patients with BPH (BPH group) and patients with BPH and inguinal hernia (BPH-IH group 2). In addition, the BPH-IH group was subdivided according to 2 inguinal hernia subtypes; patients of BPH-IH subgroup A had direct inguinal hernia (n = 25) and those of BPH-IH subgroup B had indirect inguinal hernia (n = 25).

30 Years Retrospective Review of Tuberculosis Cases in a Tuberculosis Dispensary in Bursa/Nilufer, Turkey (1985-2014): Changes of Epidemics.

Objective: The aim of this study is to describe the epidemiological and clinical aspects of patients who applied to the Bursa Nilufer Tuberculosis Dispensary by investigating the trends in epidemics over three decades.

Method: In this retrospective observational study, the records of all tuberculosis cases (1630 patients) treated in the last 30 years (1985-2014) at the Bursa Nilufer Tuberculosis Dispensary were examined and statistically analyzed.

Results: Males comprised 65.

Use of the UPOINT Classification in Turkish Chronic Prostatitis or Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome Patients.

Objective: To determine the positive subdomain numbers and distribution of the UPOINT classification in chronic prostatitis and to compare the erectile dysfunction (ED) pattern.

Materials And Methods: From 2008 to 2013, 839 patients with symptomatic chronic prostatitis or chronic pelvic pain syndrome were included in this study. The correlation between UPOINT domains and National Institutes of Health chronic prostatitis symptom index (NIH-CPSI) total score, subscores, and the 5-item International Index of Erectile Function scores were evaluated retrospectively.

The histology and the proapoptotic control in the ipsilateral and the contralateral testes following unilateral vasectomy.

Objective: The aim of this study was to enlighten both the testicular histology and the genetic aspects of the apoptotic process. Thus an experimental study was designed with a model of unilateral vasectomy.

Methods: Twenty-two adult male rats were used and 4 main groups were formed.

The effect of inclined position on stone free rates in patients with lower caliceal stones during SWL session.

Objective: To compare the outcomes of shock wave lithotripsy (SWL) combined with inclined position and SWL alone in patients with lower pole calyx stones.

Methods: Seven hundred forty patients who underwent SWL treatment for lower pole renal stones with a total diameter of 2 cm or less were prospectively randomized into two groups. They were comparable in terms of age, sex, and stone diameters.

The adverse influence of spina bifida occulta on the medical treatment outcome of primary monosymptomatic nocturnal enuresis.

Objective: Previous reports have suggested that the incidence of spina bifida occulta (SBO) in patients with primary monosymptomatic nocturnal enuresis (PMNE) is higher than the general population. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of spina bifida occulta on the medical treatment outcome of PMNE.

Material And Methods: Between January 2008 and December 2011, a total of 223 children (151 boys and 72 girls, aged 6-16 years; mean age: 10.

Myxolipoma of the renal capsule: A case report.

Introduction: Although lipomas are the most common mesenchymal tumors of the human body, primary intrarenal lipomas are quite rare. In this report we present a case of benign mesenchymal tumor with lipomatous and myxoid components.

Presentation Of Case: A sixty one years old male patient was admitted to our outpatient clinic for a general control since he had a right radical nephrectomy operation due to renal cell carcinoma (RCC) eight years ago and he did not have any urological control for last 3 years.

An unusual cause of hematuria; primary epiploic appendagitis.

Introduction: Primary epiploic appendagitis (PEA) is self limiting inflammatory disease of colonic epiploic appendices.

Presentation Of Case: Herein, a 40 years old patient describing abdomino-inguinal pain with clotty hematuria having PEA was presented. At first, the patient was thought to have a primary bladder pathology, but after a meticioulus examination, he found to have PEA and managed by conservative measures.

A case of recurrent renal aluminum hydroxide stone.

Renal stone disease is characterized by the differences depending on the age, gender, and the geographic location of the patients. Seventy-five percent of the renal stone components is the calcium (Ca). The most common type of the stones is the Ca oxalate stones, while Ca phosphate, uric acid, struvite, and sistine stones are more rarely reported.

Are Hounsfield densities of ureteral stones a predictive factor for effectiveness of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy?

Unlabelled: Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy (SWL) has long been used successfully to dissolve ureteral stones. We researched whether Hounsfield values of ureteral stones is a factor that affects the success of SWL.

Methods: Data from 144 patients who had diagnoses of ureteral stones and underwent SWL, were retrospectively reviewed between January 2011 and December 2012.

Monosymptomatic nocturnal enuresis caused by seasonal temperature changes.

Background: Primary nocturnal enuresis is the most frequent urologic complaint among pediatric patients. Enuresis is believed to have a complex etiology involving genetic, somatic, and behavioral factors. We study the relationship between seasonal temperature changes effect and monosymptomatic nocturnal enuresis (MNE).

Spontaneous renal pelvis rupture: unexpected complication of urolithiasis expected to passage with observation therapy.

Seventy percent of ureteral stones are located at distal ureter. Effective and safe passage of distal ureter stones is mediated by observation or medical expulsive treatment. Most of stones located at distal ureter pass spontaneously under observation; however, some are complicated with urinary tract infection, hydronephrosis, and renal function disturbances.

The role of bipolar transurethral vaporization in the management of benign prostatic hyperplasia.

Objectives: A prospective randomized study was conducted to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of bipolar plasma vaporization with a novel electrode that produces vaporization of the tissue (transurethral vaporization of the prostate, TUVP) immersed in isotonic saline compared to the standard transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) in the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH).

Patients And Methods: From February 2009 to February 2010, 90 patients with BPH were randomized into two groups, and underwent conventional TURP (group 1) or TUVP (group 2) utilizing bipolar plasma vaporization with an innovative electrode (Olympus Winter & Ibe GmbH, Hamburg, Germany). International Prostate Symptom Scores (IPSS), transrectal ultrasonographic findings, maximal urine flow rates (Qmax), and postvoiding residual urine (PVRU) volumes of all cases were evaluated preoperatively and 1 month, 3 months, and 1 year postoperatively.