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UNLABELLED: Study Type--Prognosis (cohort) Level of Evidence 2b. What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? The presence of metabolic syndrome is associated with development of kidney stones and an increase in the stone-recurrence rate. However, studies reporting long-term results of percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) in metabolic syndrome are lacking. The present study showed that metabolic syndrome was associated with worsening renal function at long-term follow-up and the stone-recurrence rate recurrence after PCNL in patients with metabolic syndrome was 3.2-fold higher comp...

PURPOSE: To compare sulbactam-ampicillin and cefuroxime antibiotics for prophylaxis of percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) and to find out the optimal regimen for antibiotic maintenance to prevent systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS). PATIENTS AND METHODS: Between February 2010 and March 2011, a total of 198 patients in whom PCNL was performed were prospectively randomized into two main groups regarding the type of prophylactic antibiotic (group1: sulbactam-ampicillin, group 2: cefuroxime). Each group was further randomized according to duration of antibiotic maintenance (a: single d...

Laparoscopic nephrectomy has become the gold standard procedure for nonfunctioning or symptomatic benign kidneys due to renal calculi, obstructive, refluxive, and inflammatory nephropathies or renovascular hypertension. We aimed to investigate the effect of renal calculi as a reason of non-functioning on the progress and complication rates of the retroperitoneoscopic nephrectomy (RPN). During a 2-year period, 108 patients with benign renal conditions underwent RPN by single surgeon. Among these patients, total of 27 (Group 1) with a non-functioning kidney due to renal calculi were retrospectiv...

UNLABELLED: Study Type - Therapy (RCT). Level of Evidence 1b. What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? Standard monopolar transurethral resection of prostate (TURP) remains the gold standard surgical treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia-related lower urinary tract symptoms. Plasmakinetic offers rapid tissue removal and haemostasis during resection with better vision under saline irrigation while eliminating risk of TUR syndrome. Our results show that Plasmakinetic has similar long-term results to standard TURP. OBJECTIVE: • To compare long-term results of transurethral re...

The components of metabolic syndrome, such as obesity, hypertension, and diabetes, are thought to be associated with urolithiasis. However, there are few large-scale studies that have examined the association between metabolic syndrome and urolithiasis, which prompted us to study and evaluate the relationship between metabolic syndrome components and urolithiasis in a nationwide survey, using the cross-sectional study conducted by a professional investigation company, with 2,468 enrolled participants, aged between 18 and 70 years, from 33 provinces in Turkey. Participants were interviewed face...

PURPOSE: The aim of our study was to evaluate the outcomes of retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS) in elderly patients with stones of moderate size. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Between September 2008 and June 2011, a total of 28 patients over 65 years of age with single renal stones that measured 1.5 to 3 cm were treated with RIRS. The outcomes of these patients were compared with those of the patients who underwent percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) using matched-pair analysis (1:1 scenario). The matching parameters were the size and location of the stone as well as age, sex, body mass index, degr...

PURPOSE: There are few studies of the long-term outcome of percutaneous nephrolithotomy for staghorn calculi. We report the long-term outcome of percutaneous nephrolithotomy in patients with staghorn calculi. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A total of 265 study patients (272 renal units) were followed in the long term for greater than 12 months. The estimated glomerular filtration rate was calculated using the 4-variable modification of diet in renal disease equation. Cases were staged for chronic kidney disease by National Kidney Foundation guidelines. The impact of patient and procedure related factor...

UNLABELLED: Study Type--Therapy (case control). Level of Evidence 3b. What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? Recently European Association of Urology 2011 guidelines on urolithiasis recommended retrograde intrarenal surgery as the second-line therapy for the treatment of kidney stones <10 mm in diameter. This study shows that retrograde intrarenal surgery may be an alternative therapy to percutaneous nephrolithotomy, with acceptable efficacy and low morbidity for 2-4 cm stones. OBJECTIVE: • Currently, the indications for retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS) have been exte...

PURPOSE: We evaluated the long-term outcomes of percutaneous nephrolithotomy in patients with chronic kidney disease. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Data on 1,904 patients who underwent percutaneous nephrolithotomy between 2002 and 2011 were retrospectively collected. The estimated glomerular filtration rate for each patient was retrospectively calculated using a 4-variable modification of diet in renal disease equation. Patients were staged for chronic kidney disease by National Kidney Foundation guidelines. RESULTS: A total of 242 patients (12.7%) had a preoperative glomerular filtration rate of les...