Effective and Economical Option of Anesthesia in Retrograde Intrarenal Surgery.

Background: There is only limited data in the literature showing the effect of anesthesia methods on the success of retrograd intrarenal surgery. The aim of this study was to compare and evaluate retrograd intrarenal surgery cases performed under spinal and general anesthesia in terms of effectiveness, cost, hospitalization time and complications.

Methods: A total of 337 patients who underwent retrograd intrarenal surgery due to kidney stones between 2014 and 2019 were retrospectively evaluated.

Non-infected penile prosthesis cultures during revision surgery; comparison between antibiotic coated and non - coated devices.

Introduction: Aim of this study is to investigate bacterial growth on non-infected devices and compare antibiotic-coated and non-coated implants.

Materials And Methods: The charts of 71 patients who underwent revision surgeries for penile prosthesis between 1995 and 2013 were reviewed. Of those, 31 devices were antibiotic-coated prostheses, while 40 of the implants were non-coated.

The level of knowledge and awareness about prostate cancer in the Turkish male and the relevant effective factors.

Objective: Our aim was to determine the general knowledge and awareness levels, information sources, and the state of medical check-up for prostate cancer (PCa) and relevant effective factors.

Material And Methods: The participants were asked to answer to 14 questions of a questionnaire about age, education, economic and social condition, knowledge about PCa, state of being examined and their related factors. According to demographic characteristics of the participants, levels of awareness about PCa, sources of information, affecting factors and their interrelationships were examined.

Paratesticular Fibrous Pseudotumors.

Paratesticular fibrous pseudotumors (PFPs) are rare pathologies with quite wide and variable topographic-morphological features. It is difficult to distinguish PFPs from malignant masses. Treatment can be done by resection of the mass.

Apolipoprotein E Genotypes in Patients with Prostate Cancer.

Background: Apolipoprotein E (ApoE) is a potential inhibitor of cell proliferation, immune regulation and modulation of cell growth and differentiation; it also has a substantial role in antioxidant activity. ApoE has a potential role in prostate cancer progression.

Materials And Methods: ApoE genotyping was performed using real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) for blood samples from a group of patients with prostate cancer (n=68) and a control group (n=78).

Is semirigid ureteroscopy sufficient in the treatment of proximal ureteral stones? When is combined therapy with flexible ureteroscopy needed?

The goals of this study were to examine cases of proximal ureteral stones in which semirigid or flexible ureteroscopes alone were insufficient for endoscopic treatment, requiring the combination of both. A total of 137 patients were retrospectively evaluated. Holmium laser was used as the energy source for stone fragmentation.

Scrotal Lipomatosis Mimicking Varicocele: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.

Scrotal lipomatosis is a rarely seen disease with an etiology that is not fully understood. Some information suggests that this disease may be associated with infertility. It is characterized by pain-free scrotal swelling.

The case study in the applicability of the improvements in the treatment of urinary system stone diseases in Anatolia: the last ten years with the sample of Western Black Sea region.

Objective: The prevalence of stone diseases is high in Turkey. Thanks to the technological improvements and to the increase in the number of qualified and experienced specialists in the last thirty years, there has been an increase in the application of minimally invasive methods in the stone disease surgery. This study, with a sample survey of Western Black Sea region, aims at revealing the changes and improvements in the treatment of stone diseases in different centers in Anatolia within the last ten years.

Comparison of tacrolimus with a cyclosporine microemulsion for immunosuppressive therapy in kidney transplantation.

Objective: To compare the efficacy and side effects of a cyclosporine microemulsion and tacrolimus in immunosuppressive therapy of renal transplantation.

Material And Methods: Between March 2003 and June 2005, the patients who had undergone kidney transplantation surgery and who were administered either basiliximab, a cyclosporine microemulsion, mycophenolate mofetil and prednisolone or basiliximab, tacrolimus, mycophenolate mofetil and prednisolone for baseline immunosuppressive therapy were recruited to our study. We evaluated the results of an 18-month follow-up period.

Optical urethrotomy using topical anesthesia.

A series of 28 patients with urethral strictures less than 2 cm length underwent 32 visual optical internal urethrotomy under local urethral anesthesia with lidocaine. The procedure was completed successfully in 26 of 28 (92.9%) patients.