Publications by authors named "V Solak"
Background: This study investigated the effect of the discontinuation of vitamin D supplementation on kidney stone formation in children under 2 years of age.
Methods: This study involved a retrospective analysis of two patient groups. The first group comprised postoperative patients who were stone-free, while the second group consisted of asymptomatic patients with kidney stones.
Purpose: Calcium oxalate (Ca-Ox) is the most common stone composition and one of the most common 24-h urine anomalies is hypercalciuria. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of potassium citrate (K-CIT) for prevention of hypercalciuria in comparison with hydrochlorothiazide (HCT) in patients with calcium oxalate stones and hypercalciuria.
Materials And Methods: In this prospective randomized study, patients were randomized to receive either HCT (50 mg/day) or K-CIT (40 mEq/day) following achieving stone-free status.
Objective: We aimed to investigate the effectiveness of continuous antibiotic prophylaxis (CAP) in patients with JJ stent and tried to identify the group that could specifically benefit from CAP by a prospective randomized study.
Methods: A prospective, randomized, controlled, non-blind, non-placebo study was performed in a single center.A total of 105 patients who underwent surgery with JJ stent (PNL, URS, pyeloplasty, UNC) were randomized into two groups.
Objectives: To evaluate the efficacy of a novel decision aid (DA) in improving the patients' level of knowledge and decreasing decisional conflicts while deciding for SWL vs. RIRS in case of a symptomatic renal stone < 2 cm.
Materials And Methods: In this prospective randomized study patients were randomized to receive either standard informing process (group 1, n=57) or DA (group 2, n=58).