Retrospective Evaluation of Patients Diagnosed with Cystic Echinococcosis at Kafkas University Faculty of Medicine's Surgical Outpatients Unit.

Objective: The aim of this study was to retrospectively evaluate the serological and radiological analysis and medical and surgical treatment results of patients diagnosed with cystic echinococcosis (CE).

Methods: Records belonging to a total of 67 patients diagnosed with CE who presented to the Kars Kafkas University Faculty of Medicine Research Hospital's Surgical Outpatient unit between January 2012 and December 2015 were retrospectively evaluated.

Results: Of 67 CE cases, 53 (79.

ASSOCIATION OF MEAN PLATELET VOLUME AND THE MONOCYTE/LYMPHOCYTE RATIO WITH BRUCELLA-CAUSED EPIDIDYMO-ORCHITIS.

We evaluated the association between the mean platelet volume (MPV) and monocyte/lymphocyte ratio (MLR) with brucella-caused epididymo-orchitis to determine if they could be used to differentiate between brucella and non-brucella epididymo-orchitis. The charts of 88 patients with non-brucella and 14 patients with brucella epididymo-orchitis were retrospectively reviewed. Brucellosis was diagnosed by isolating Brucella spp from a blood culture or from a serum agglutination titer ≥ 1:160 along with accompanying clinical findings.

Comparison of flexible ureteroscopy and micropercutaneous nephrolithotomy in terms of cost-effectiveness: analysis of 111 procedures.

The objective of this study was to audit the costs of retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS) and micropercutaneous nephrolithotomy (microperc) and compare them in terms of cost-effectiveness. We performed a retrospective analysis of 63 patients who underwent microperc and 48 patients who underwent RIRS. The cases, performed between first use and first repair, were used for this initial study.

Endometriosis presenting with right side hydroureteronephrosis only: a case report.

Introduction: Endometriosis can be defined as the presence of endometrial glandular and stromal tissue outside the uterus. Affected sites of endometriosis can even be the urinary tract. Here, we present the case of a 30-year-old woman with right ureteral endometriosis.

Hemodynamic evaluation of varicocele: the role of scrotal scintigraphy and Doppler ultrasonography in the prediction of postoperative seminal improvement.

Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the hemodynamics of varicocele using Doppler ultrasonography and scrotal scintigraphy, and to compare the value of these two methods in the prediction of seminal improvement after varicocelectomy.

Materials And Methods: A total of 40 men with left sided varicocele presented for surgery because of infertility of at least one year in duration. Preoperative and postoperative sperm counts and per cent motility were obtained.

Bilateral ureteral fibroepithelial polyps and review of the literature.

Despite being the most common forms of benign ureteral neoplasms, ureteral fibroepithelial polyps are rare and their etiology is still unknown. To our knowledge, we report the fourth case of bilateral fibroepithelial polyps in the English literature with a discussion of clinical features and etiology.

Differential renal function in the prediction of recovery in adult obstructed kidneys after pyeloplasty.

Aim: Pyeloplasty is a widely accepted method for the treatment of ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJO). Surgery has long been thought to affect postoperative renal function. However, controversies still exist on the functional studies that can be used to indicate which renal units will benefit from surgery.

Cystic nephroma: a rare clinical entity.

We report a rare benign renal tumor, the cystic nephroma (CN) in a 35-year old man. CN should be considered in the differential diagnosis when clinical and radiological examinations reveals a multilocular cystic renal mass, but histopathological examination is the unique diagnostic mean.