When should contralateral testicular fixation be performed in postpubertal patients with testicular torsion: A comparative study.

Objective: In this study, we aimed to describe the timing of contralateral testicular fixation with our ten year results in postpubertal patients with testicular torsion with a patient-based approach.

Methods: Postpubertal patients diagnosed with testicular torsion in a tertiary hospital between January-2012 and September-2022 were divided into 2 groups according to the "patient-based approach" criteria we adopted in our clinic. Group 1 in whom the contralateral teste was fixed in the same surgical act and group 2 in whom the fixation was deferred.

Bladder paraganglioma treated with open partial cystectomy: a case report.

Background: Bladder paraganglioma is a neuroendocrine tumor that accounts for less than 0.1% of all bladder tumors. Symptoms caused by catecholamine release such as hypertension, palpitation, syncope, and macroscopic hematuria are the most common findings.

Protective effect of taxifolin against prooxidant and proinflammatory kidney damage associated with acrylamide in rats.

The current study investigates the biochemical and histopathological effects of taxifolin on acrylamide-induced kidney damage. A 50 mg/kg dose of taxifolin was administered via oral gavage to the taxifolin + acrylamide (TACR) group (n-6) consisting of male albino Wistar rats. The same volume of distilled water used as solvent was orally administered to the acrylamide (ACR) (n-6) and healthy (HG) (n-6) groups.

Expression of androgen receptor and estrogen receptor-beta in foreskin tissue of hypospadiac and healthy boys.

Objectives: This prospective study aimed to investigate the expression of the androgen receptor(AR) and the estrogen receptor-β (ER-β) in foreskint issues in boys with and without distal hypospadias.

Methods: Thirty boys with distal hypospadias were evaluated. Fifteen boys who under went elective circumcision over a period of 18 months served as the control group.

Effect of anakinra, an interleukin one beta antagonist, on oxidative testicular damage induced in rats with ischemia reperfusion.

Background: It has been reported in the literature that proinflammatory interleukin-1 beta (IL-1β) is increased in cases of testicular ischemia reperfusion (I/R) damage. This information suggests that anakinra, an IL-1β antagonist, may be effective in testicular I/R damage.

Objective: In our study, we investigated the effect of anakinra on testicular I/R damage induced in rats with torsion/detorsion.

Effect of etoricoxib on experimental oxidative testicular ischemia-reperfusion damage in rats induced with torsion-detorsion.

Etoricoxib features antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties concomitantly, suggesting that it may be beneficial in testicular ischemia reperfusion (I/R) damage. Our aim is to investigate the effects of etoricoxib on testicular I/R damage induced with torsion-detorsion (TD). The etoricoxib + torsion-detorsion (ETD) groups of animals were given etoricoxib in 50 and 100 mg/kg of body weight (ETD-50 and ETD-100), while the testes torsion-detorsion (TTD) and sham operation rat group (SOG) animals were given single oral doses of distilled water as a solvent.

Posterior Urethral Polyp: First Holmium-YAG Laser Ablation on a 3-Month-Old Infant.

Background: Urethral polyps are rare benign pathologies seen in the male posterior urethra, more frequently originating from verumontanum. In this article, we aimed to discuss diagnosis and treatment of a urethral polyp causing hematuria and urinary infection in a 3-month-old male infant. This is the first case in the literature in which a urethral polyp is treated with Holmium yttrium-aluminum-garnet (YAG) laser.

The effect of nimesulide on oxidative damage inflicted by ischemia-reperfusion on the rat renal tissue.

The objective of our study is to research biochemically and histopathologically the effect of nimesulide on oxidative damage inflicted by ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) on the rat renal tissue. Twenty-four albino Wistar type of male rats were used for the experiment. The animals were divided into groups as: renal ischemia-reperfusion control (RIR), nimesulide+renal ischemia-reperfusion of 50 mg/kg (NRIR-50), nimesulide+renal ischemia-reperfusion of 100 mg/kg (NRIR-100), and sham groups (SG).

Extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy under sedoanalgesia for treatment of kidney stones in infants: a single-center experience with 102 cases.

Object: We present the efficacy of shockwave lithotripsy (SWL) therapy administered with sedoanalgesia in infants with kidney stones.

Materials And Methods: We enrolled 102 patients aged 5-24 months who had kidney stones and received SWL therapy under sedoanalgesia using a Siemens Lithostar Modularis device. Patient and stone characteristics, therapy parameters, pain score, complications, discharge time, and follow-ups were registered and evaluated.

Giant isolated renal cyst hydatid: From diagnosis to treatment.

Hydatid cyst disease is a parasitic infestation caused by Echinococcus granulosus. Renal involvement is rarely seen as 2-4% of all cases. Rarely renal involvement is isolated whereas commonly it accompanies involvement of other organs.

Ureteroscopy and holmium laser lithotripsy: is this procedure safe in pregnant women with ureteral stones at different locations?

Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the safety and effectiveness of ureteroscopy and Holmium: Yttrium-Aluminum-Garnet lithotripsy for the treatment of ureteral stones with different localizations in symptomatic pregnant women.

Methods: A retrospective analysis was performed on 19 pregnant patients referred to our center between January 2005 and December 2012 with symptomatic hydronephrosis requiring surgical intervention. 7.

Long-term efficacy and safety of interferon-alpha-2B in patients with mumps orchitis.

The aim of this study was to determine long-term efficacy and safety subcutaneous injection of interferon-alpha-2B in patients with mumps orchitis in terms of testicular volume and other testicular functions. Mumps orchitis was evaluated in 37 patients. Patients were hospitalized and administered 1 × 3,000,000 IU subcutaneous injection of interferon-alpha-2B daily for 7 days.

Caudal analgesia for prostate biopsy.

Background: Although various local anesthesia techniques have been suggested to decrease pain and discomfort during a transrectal ultrasound (TRUS)-guided prostate biopsy, the best method has not yet been defined. The present prospective, double-blind, randomized study aims to investigate the clinical efficacy of 'walking' caudal block compared with an intrarectal lidocaine gel for this procedure.

Methods: One hundred patients were randomly assigned to two groups.

An unusual etiology of fever of unknown origin: Foley catheter.

Fever may appear due to known causes such as infections, but may sometimes occur as a result of unknown pathologies. These pathologies can be included in a miscellaneous group of fever of unknown origin. We report one case of bladder stone including a foreign body in a 40-year-old man with a stroke admitted for high fever, blocked miction and bladder symptoms.

The efficacy and safety of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy in children.

Technological advances in the design of shock wave lithotriptors have precipitated important changes in the management of urolithiasis in children. New generation lithotriptors have reduced the need for anesthesia, lowered hospitalization duration, and resulted in better fluoroscopic targeting reducing radiation exposure. Currently, shock wave lithotripsy (SWL) has become standard first line treatment for most renal and ureteral calculi in children.

Seventeen years' experience of penile fracture: conservative vs. surgical treatment.

Introduction: Penile fracture is the rupture of the tunica of one or both corpora cavernosa due to direct blunt trauma to the erected penis. Partial or complete rupture of the urethra or injury to the deep dorsal vein may accompany penile fracture.

Aim: To compare conservative and surgical treatment modalities in terms of duration of hospitalization, early and late complications such as penile nodule and curvature, erectile dysfunction, and painful erection.

Comparison of the effectiveness and safety of MPL 9000 and Lithostar Modularis shockwave lithotriptors: treatment results of 263 children.

In this study, we aimed to compare the treatment results of two different shock wave lithotripsy (SWL) machines used in the management of pediatric urolithiasis. Between January 1993 and October 2004, Dornier MPL 9000 (electrohydraulic) had been used, and since then Siemens Lithostar Modularis (electromagnetic) has been used. The last evaluation was done 3 months after SWL treatment in terms of the success rate, use of anesthesia and complications.

Endoscopic versus open approach of bladder cuff and distal ureter in the management of upper urinary tract transitional cell carcinoma.

Objective: Nephroureterectomy with the removal of the ipsilateral ureteral orifice and bladder cuff en bloc remains the gold standard treatment for upper urinary tract urothelial cancer. The distal ureter can be removed with the open surgical technique or endoscopic approach. We compared the outcomes of the endoscopic approach with those of conventional open surgery on the distal ureter.

The role of succinylcholine in the prevention of the obturator nerve reflex during transurethral resection of bladder tumors.

Objective: To present our 8 year experience in the prevention of the obturator nerve reflex during transurethral resection of bladder tumors.

Methods: This study was performed in Ataturk University Hospital between 1999 and 2007. We retrospectively reviewed the records of 89 patients with inferolateral bladder tumors, who underwent transurethral resection under epidural or general anesthesia and requested obturator nerve reflex inhibition.

Adult type granulosa cell tumor of the testis: case report and review of the literature.

Testicular granulosa cell tumors are extremely rare in adults. We report a case of a testicular germ cell tumor (GCT) in a 21-year-old man. The tumor was treated successfully with radical orchiectomy, and follow-up computed tomography revealed no evidence of recurrence or metastasis 10 months postoperatively.

Antiapoptotic effects of dehydroepiandrosterone on testicular torsion/detorsion in rats.

In the present study, we aimed to evaluate the effects of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) on apoptosis of testicular germ cells after repair of testicular torsion in rats. Twenty-four adult male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into four groups, with six rats in each group: sham operation, torsion/detorsion (T/D), T/D + vehicle, and T/D + DHEA. Three hours before detorsion, 50 mg kg(-1) DHEA was given intraperitoneally to T/D + DHEA group.