Changes in prostate specific antigen value in patients with COVID-19.

Objectives: To evaluate changes in prostate-specific antigen (PSA) values in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

Method: Male patients who were admitted to our flu outpatient clinic with cough, fever, weakness, and bone and joint pain were evaluated. The acute phase reactants of erythrocyte sedimentation rate, C-reactive protein, ferritin, and fibrinogen were measured both at the time the patients first presented at the clinic and 1 month after recovery from COVID-19 infection.

The Histopathological Effect of Aloe Vera on the Wound Healing Process in a Surgically Created Tubularized Incised Plate Urethroplasty Model on Rats.

Background: Hypospadias is a common congenital anomaly which is determined as an abnormal urethral opening on the ventral face of penis. The purpose of this rat model study was to research the effect of topically applied Aloe vera after a tubularized incised plate urethroplasty (TIPU).

Methods: The TIPU model was applied to male Wistar albino rats.

Long-term postoperative follow-up results of transobturator autologous rectus fascial sling versus transobturator tension-free vaginal tapes for female stress urinary incontinence: Randomized controlled clinical trial.

Aims: To evaluate the outcomes of a new surgical technique for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence (SUI).

Methods: This randomized study included 132 index patients from January 2017 to May 2021, 60 applied with autologous facia and 60 with transobturator tension-free vaginal tape (TVT-O). The primary endpoint was dryness (negative stress test and 0 pad use per day) and this was assessed at 3, 6, 12, and 24 months.

Does intraurethral erythropoietin administration effect wound healing after hypospadias correction? an experimental rat study.

Objectives: To analyze effects of intraurethral EPO application on urethral wound healing by defining hystopathologic changes in a rat model of hypospadias.

Methods: A hypospadias model was created in 30 rats and randomized into 3 groups of 10. For 14 days, the first group was administered 25 iu EPO instillation intraurethrally once a day, while group 2 was administered with 50 iu EPO in the same manner.

Risk Factors for Infectious Complications in Patients Undergoing Retrograde Intrarenal Surgery.

Objective: To investigate the risk factors that may cause urinary tract infection (UTI) in patients applied with retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS).

Study Design: An observational study.

Place And Duration Of Study: Departments of Urology, Ankara Training and Research Hospital, Turkey, from September 2014 to April 2017.

Using a checklist to increase the effectiveness of behavioral therapy for overactive bladder: A prospective randomized controlled trial.

Aim: To evaluate the benefits of a newly established checklist form of behavioral therapy for overactive bladder (OAB).

Methods: Of a total of 180 patients suffering eight or more micturitions, two or more nocturia, seven or more urgency, or four more urinary urgency incontinence (UUI) episodes per day according to a 3-day bladder diary, 155 were randomly divided into four groups. Group I (n = 29) patients were instructed to apply only behavioral therapy as a written guideline and group II (n = 27) patients were instructed to apply behavioral therapy with a written checklist.

A new checklist method enhances treatment compliance and response of behavioural therapy for primary monosymptomatic nocturnal enuresis: a prospective randomised controlled trial.

Purpose: The aim of the study was to demonstrate the benefits of a newly-established written checklist of behavioural instructions for monosymptomatic nocturnal enuresis.

Methods: From a total of 96 parents with children who complain of bedwetting three or more nights per week for at least 14 days, 79 were randomly divided into three groups. Group I (n = 27) were instructed to apply only behavioural therapy as a written guideline, Group II (n = 26) were instructed to apply behavioural therapy with a written checklist for parents to fully complete and Group III (n = 26) received desmopressin treatment plus verbal behavioural therapy.

Intraurethral Erythropoietin to Prevent Fibrosis and Improve Urethral Healing: An Experimental Study in a Rat Model.

Objective: To determine the effects of intraurethral erythropoietin (EPO) on an experimentally induced urethral injury in a rat model with respect to wound healing enhancement and the prevention of spongiofibrosis MATERIAL AND METHODS: A urethral injury model was created by traumatizing the urethra of male rats with a tilted-tip insulin injector. Thirty rats were randomly separated into 3 groups of 10; Group 1 (control) received 0.9% saline solution twice a day, Group II received EPO 25 IU/kg once a day and 0.

Is There Any Association Between Regular Physical Activity and Ejaculation Time?

Purpose: Premature ejaculation (PE) is a prevalent disorder in males leading to sequelae such as lack of self-confidence,anxiety, depression and unsatisfactory intercourse for these men and their partners. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between ejaculation and physical activity.

Materials And Methods: Group 1 comprised 112 participants who took regular physical activity and Group 2 comprised 126 participants with a sedentary lifestyle.

Association between coronary artery disease severity and overactive bladder in geriatric patients.

Purpose: To investigate the association between overactive bladder (OAB) and coronary artery disease (CAD) as demonstrated on coronary angiography in patients > 65 years.

Methods: The patients who were > 65 years completed an OAB-V8 form before undergoing coronary angiography at a tertiary care hospital. The presence of OAB was documented using the self-administered OAB-V8 questionnaire.

Comparison of ultra-mini percutaneous nephrolithotomy and micro-percutaneous nephrolithotomy in moderate-size renal stones.

Objective: We aimed to compare the success and complications of ultra-mini percutaneous nephrolithotomy and micro-percutaneous nephrolithotomy techniques.

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed data from 74 patients. Moderate-size stones were included in the study.

The efficacy of intraurethral lidocaine in optical internal urethrotomy for anterior urethral stricture: a multicenter study.

Background: Male anterior urethral strictures can be treated successfully with the help of optical internal urethrotomy (OIU) and is usually performed under general or regional anesthesia. In this study, we determined the efficacy of intraurethral lidocaine in OIU for anterior urethral stricture in an outpatient setting.

Methods: A total 157 patients with anterior urethral strictures underwent OIU under local urethral anesthesia with lidocaine.

Efficacy of Silodosin Dose in Medical Expulsive Therapy for Distal Ureteral Stones: A Retrospective Study.

Purpose: We aimed to investigate the efficacy of silodosin 4 mg/day and 8 mg/day for medical expulsive therapy(MET) of lower ureteral stones.

Materials And Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the medical records of 161 patients admitted to urologyclinics of Ahi Evran University Medical Faculty and Ankara Training and Research Hospital with distal ureteralstones and treated with MET with different doses of silodosin between January 2013 and August 2015. 81 patientswere treated with silodosin 4mg/day in group-1 and 80 patients with silodosin 8mg/day in group-2.

Does maternal exposure during pregnancy to higher ambient temperature increase the risk of hypospadias?

Introduction: The association between ambient temperature that the mother is exposed to during pregnancy and hypospadias has not been investigated by the studies, although the recent studies showed the correlation between some congenital malformations (congenital heart disease, neural tube defect, etc.) and ambient temperature.

Objective: The aim was to investigate the relation between hypospadias and the ambient temperatures that the mother is exposed to during her pregnancy.

The modified ultra-mini percutaneous nephrolithotomy technique and comparison with standard nephrolithotomy: a randomized prospective study.

To compare the success and complications of ultra-mini percutaneous nephrolithotomy (UPNL) and standard percutaneous nephrolithotomy (SPNL) techniques. We prospectively analyzed 50 patients who underwent SPNL, and 47 patients who underwent UPNL. The patients with a stone size equal to or smaller than 25 mm and we used flipping a coin as the randomization technique.

Evaluation of Results of Diagnostic Ureteroscopy in Chronic Hemodialysis Patients.

Objectives: To investigate the safety of diagnostic ureteroscopy (dURS) in chronic hemodialysis patients.

Methods: The data of chronic hemodialysis patients (group I) and the patients with normal estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) (group II) who had dURS between 2004 and 2014 were analyzed retrospectively. eGFR, complications, and postoperative stent placement were noted in all patients.

A Giant Female Urethral Stone: An Unusual Complication after MidUrethral Sling Operation.

Primary giant urethral stones are extremely rare in females, and they usually appear in the case of congenital diverticula, not as complications of surgery. Herein, we report a 54-year-old woman with a giant female urethral stone developed after tension-free obturator tape procedure. To our knowledge, this is the first late complication reported in the literature after midurethral sling procedure.

Is routine ureteral stenting really necessary after retrograde intrarenal surgery?

Objectives: To investigate the situations in which ureteral double-J stent should be used after retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS).

Patients And Methods: Patients with no ureteral double-J stent after RIRS constituted Group 1, and those with double- J stent after RIRS constituted Group 2. Patients' age and gender, renal stone characteristics (location and dimension), stone-free status, VAS score 8 hours after surgery, post-procedural renal colic attacks, length of hospitalization, requirement for re-hospitalization, time to rehospitalization and secondary procedure requirements were analyzed.

Retrograde intrarenal surgery versus percutaneous nephrolithotomy in the management of lower-pole renal stones with a diameter of 15 to 20 mm.

Purpose: To compare the outcomes of percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) and retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS) for 15 to 20 mm lower-pole (LP) renal calculi by evaluating stone-free rates and associated complications.

Patients And Methods: The records of 79 patients who underwent either PCNL (n=42) or RIRS (n=37) by standard techniques for 15 to 20 mm LP renal calculi were reviewed retrospectively.

Results: In the PCNL group, the stone-free rate was 92.