Convective Water Vapor Energy Ablation (Rezum) Versus Prostatic Urethral Lift (Urolift): A 2-Year Prospective Study.

To compare the clinical outcomes and complication rates of convective water vapor energy ablation (Rezum) and prostatic urethral lift (Urolift). To identify predictive factors for treatment failures in both treatments. Prospective clinico-epidemiological data of patients who underwent Urolift or Rezum in a single institution for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) was collected.

Does addition of aromatherapy and music help to reduce pain and anxiety during shockwave lithotripsy compared to standard analgesia alone? A randomised controlled trial.

Purpose: To assess the effect of aromatherapy with lavender oil alone, and in combination with music, on pain and anxiety during extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy for kidney stones.

Methods: This was a single-centre prospective, randomised controlled trial. The subjects were block randomised into 3 study groups, Group 1: Control; Group 2: Aromatherapy only; Group 3: Aromatherapy and music.

Choosing the best way for urinary decompression and developing a novel predictive model for septic shock using SOFA in these patients.

Objectives: To identify predictive factors for the development of sepsis/septic shock postdecompression of calculi-related ureteric obstruction using the Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score and to compare clinical outcomes and odd risk ratios of patients developing sepsis/septic shock following the insertion of percutaneous nephrostomy (PCN) versus insertion of retrograde ureteral stenting (RUS).

Methods: Clinico-epidemiological data of patients who underwent PCN and/or RUS in two institutions for calculi-related ureteric obstruction were retrospectively collected from January 2014 to December 2020.

Results: 537 patients (244 patients in PCN group, 293 patients in RUS group) from both institutions were eligible for analysis based on inclusion and exclusion criteria.