Publications by authors named "Zubeyr Talat"
Background: Mast cells play a critical role in cancer-associated immunity. We aimed to determine the predictive value of urinary mast cell mediators in patients with non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) treated with Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) immunotherapy.
Methods: In this prospective study, 19 patients who received immunotherapy because of NMIBC (Group 1) and 19 healthy participants (Group 2) were enrolled.
Background: We evaluated the risk factors for the requirement of surgical intervention in infants with nephrolithiasis.
Methods: The medical records of 122 (156 kidney units (KU)) infants were reviewed. The clinical features, stone characteristics, changes in stone status, and treatment protocols were noted.
Background/aim: The aim of our study was to compare Tc-99m MDP bone scan and Ga-68 PSMA PET/CT in terms of detection of bone metastasis in prostate cancer patients.
Materials And Methods: A total of 28 prostate cancer patients with bone scan and PSMA PET/CT performed within 90 days were retrospectively included in our analysis. All bone lesions were scored as negative (score-0), positive (score-1), or suspicious (score-2) for metastasis by two experienced nuclear medicine physicians.
Laparoscopic Treatment of the Isolated Renal Hydatid Cyst: Long-Term Outcomes from a Single Institution.
J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A
September 2018
Objective: To determine the effectiveness of treatment via laparoscopic approach and to present the long-term outcomes in patients with isolated renal hydatid cyst.
Materials And Methods: We reviewed the data of 11 patients who underwent laparoscopic treatment for isolated renal hydatid cyst between March 2004 and January 2017. Demographic characteristics and clinical, laboratory, and radiological findings of cases were examined.
Aims: To determine the risk factors predicting upper urinary tract (UUT) deterioration in patients with spinal cord injury (SCI).
Methods: Medical records of 303 SCI patients who referred to the urodynamic unit of a rehabilitation hospital between 1996 and 2003 were retrospectively reviewed. The data included general patient demographics, SCI characteristics, bladder management methods, serum creatinine level, presence of urinary tract infection, indwelling catheter time, radiological findings of upper and lower urinary tract, and video-urodynamic (VUD) findings.
Article Synopsis
- The study evaluated how prostate cancer patients make decisions before surgery, using structured interviews with 162 patients.
- Many patients reported that important information about diagnosis and treatment options was not fully shared, with alternatives like radiation and active surveillance mentioned for only a portion of respondents.
- A significant number of patients felt uninformed about surgical risks and did not participate actively in their decision-making process, leading to treatment regret in some cases, highlighting the need for improved shared decision-making practices in urologic care.
Purpose: To investigate the risk factors in women with urodynamic stress urinary incontinence (USTIC) at a Turkish tertiary referral center.
Materials And Methods: The urodynamic records of 3038 consecutive women were analyzed between 1990 and 2011. The patients who had etiological factor of neurologic disease were excluded.
Objective: To assess the impact of new technology on the management of pediatric urolithiasis by analyzing our local practice over the past 24 years, and determining the role of open surgery at the present time.
Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the charts of 768 children (783 procedures) who underwent surgical treatment for urolithiasis between June 1987 and October 2010. Data were analyzed with respect to patient characteristics and changing patterns of treatment with time.
An 8-year-old girl with left proximal ureteral stone (4 mm) was referred to our hospital to treat with shock wave lithotripsy (SWL). Fifteen days after the first SWL session, a plain film of kidneys, ureters and bladder (KUB) demonstrated a new stone-like opacity (10 mm) on the left kidney location other than previous stone of 4 mm. We counseled with her parents and learned that she took a potassium citrate tablet 2 h before.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA case of 70 years old man with a slowly enlarging painful scrotal mass is herein reported. Computed tomography scan of the scrotum showed a homogenous and encapsulated mass, associated with the tunica albuginea. There was no evidence of any metastatic lesion(s).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: To report a case of unilateral ureteral obstruction associated with giant retroperitoneal urinoma which was treated successfully by percutaneous drainage.
Methods: A 19G ultrasound guided needle was introduced into the mass and after dilatation procedure, a 14 Fr nephrostomy catheter was placed and 5.5 of liquid were drained.