An Evaluation of Psychogenic Predictors of Non-Organic Erectile Dysfunction.

Erectile dysfunction is a significant problem, which diminishes the quality of life. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship of childhood trauma and attachment styles in the aetiology of psychogenic erectile dysfunction. The study included 80 participants (40 patients who presented with the complaint of erectile dysfunction, were not determined with an organic pathology, and were diagnosed with erectile dysfunction according to the DSM-5 criteria; and a control group of 40 healthy subjects.

Did our current initial treatment practice change after EAU/ESPU vesicoureteral reflux risk grouping?

Background/purpose: The "European Association of Urology (EAU) Guidelines on Vesicoureteral Reflux (VUR) in Children (September 2012)" established risk classification by analyzing and defining risk factors for each patient. In this study we aimed to investigate how our initial treatment procedures were affected by EAU/ESPU guideline vesicoureteral reflux risk grouping and to compare the early clinical results of treatments performed before and after the risk classification in our patients with VUR.

Materials And Methods: 334 renal units with regular clinical follow-up who were treated owing to VUR (vesicoureteral reflux) between years 2009 and 2017 were retrospectively reviewed.

Prevalence of daytime urinary incontinence and related risk factors in primary school children in Turkey.

Purpose: Urinary incontinence is one of the major urinary symptoms in children and adolescents and can lead to major distress for the affected children and their parents. In accordance with the definitions of the Standardization Committee of the International Children's Continence Society, daytime urinary incontinence (DUI) is uncontrollable leakage of urine during the day. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to investigate the prevalence and associated risk factors of DUI in Turkish primary school children.

Vitamin E protection from testicular damage caused by intraperitoneal aluminium.

Different forms of Aluminium (Al) are environmental xenobiotics that induce free radical-mediated cytotoxicity and reproductive toxicity. Vitamin E (alpha -tocopherol) is an antioxidative agent that has been reported to be important for detoxification pathways. This study was thus aimed at elucidating the protective effects of vitamin E towards aluminium toxicity on the histology of the rat testis.

Histological and ultrastructural evidence for protective effects on aluminium-induced kidney damage by intraperitoneal administration of alpha-tocopherol.

The nephrotoxic actions of aluminium (Al) arise from its accumulation in the kidneys, with the resultant degeneration of the renal tubular cells. It has been suggested that Al generates reactive oxygen species that cause the oxidative deterioration of cellular lipids, proteins, and DNA. To test this hypothesis, we have here investigated the potential for a protective role of alpha-tocopherol (vitamin E) during short-term exposure of rats to Al.

Elevation of serum and urinary carbohydrate antigen 19-9 in benign hydronephrosis.

Objective: The aim of this study was to find out the predictive role of serum and urinary carbohydrate antigen 19-9 levels in benign hydronephrosis and whether these levels are helpful for differentiation of complete or partial urinary obstruction.

Materials And Methods: Fifty-four patients with, and 23 without, benign hydronephrosis were enrolled in this study. Serum and urinary carbohydrate antigen 19-9 were determined by the chemiluminescence enzyme immunometric assay method and these levels were correlated with clinical factors.

Does two episodes of acute urinary retention lead to additional ischemia-reperfusion injury in rat bladder?

Aim: To determine whether two episodes of acute urinary retention lead to additional ischemia-reperfusion injury due to decompression of the bladder, or not.

Materials And Methods: Sham, retention and recurrent retention groups consisting of 5, 8 and 8 Wistar Albino male rats were randomized, respectively. After the bladders of rats were emptied with 3F catheter, penile urethras were clamped with aneurism clamp and waited for 30 min after diuresis was forced.

The effect of partial unilateral ureteral obstruction release and allopurinol on the renal malondialdehyde and glutathione levels.

Purpose: The aim of the present study was to evaluate whether relief of partial unilateral ureteral obstruction (PUUO) with or without antioxidant drug affect renal tissue malonedialdehyde (MDA) and glutathion (GSH) levels.

Materials And Methods: A total of 25 rats were used in this PUUO study. Partial unilateral ureteral obstruction was created by the burial of the upper one-third of the left ureter in the psoas muscle.

Does digital rectal examination affect uroflowmetry measurements?

Aims: To determine whether digital rectal examination (DRE) would affect uroflowmetry parameters and whether these findings were not due to the circaidan changes.

Methods: A total of 79 male patients (59 in study and 20 in control group) were included in this study. First uroflowmetry was done at 10:00 am just before the genitourinary physical examination in the study group.

An unusual cause of urinothorax.

Urinothorax is a rare complication of blunt renal trauma, ureteral instrumentation or ureteral surgery. A leakage from the urinary tract causes urinoma, a retroperitoneal collection of fluid, which can lead to urinothorax. We report a patient with solitary kidney who underwent extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) for nephrolithiasis.