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Research paper thumbnail of Association Between Serum Follicle-Stimulating Hormone and Sarcopenia and Physical Disability Among Older Chinese Men: Evidence From a Cross-Sectional Study

Frontiers in Medicine, 2022

Background: Sarcopenia is a geriatric syndrome characterized by progressive loss of muscle mass, ... more Background: Sarcopenia is a geriatric syndrome characterized by progressive loss of muscle mass, function and quality and associated with a range of adverse health outcomes including disability. Despite a negative correlation between muscle mass and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) levels in postmenopausal women, it is unclear if FSH is associated with sarcopenia and its poor outcomes, especially in older men.Methods: We used cross-sectional data from 360 men aged over 80 who participated in health check-ups to investigate correlations between serum FSH and sarcopenia, individual sarcopenia components, low physical performance (gait speed ≤ 0.8 m/s) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) disability. Sarcopenia and severe sarcopenia were diagnosed according to the revised definition of the European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Old People (EWGSOP2).Results: The prevalence of sarcopenia was 17.8% in this population. In binary logistic regression analysis, compared with ...

Research paper thumbnail of Ta nı nız Ne dir? Ya z›fl ma Ad re si/Ad dress for Cor res pon den ce

Türk derm-De ri Has ta lık la rı ve Fren gi Ar şi vi Der gi si, Ga le nos Ya yı ne vi ta ra f›n d... more Türk derm-De ri Has ta lık la rı ve Fren gi Ar şi vi Der gi si, Ga le nos Ya yı ne vi ta ra f›n dan ba s›l m›fl t›r. Turk derm-Arc hi ves of the Tur kish Der ma to logy and Ve ne ro logy, pub lis hed by Ga le nos Pub lis hing. www.turk derm.org.tr Elli beş yaşında erkek hasta, göğüs ön duvarında 3 ay önce gelişen kabarıklıklar şikayeti ile polikliniğimize konsülte edil-di. Hastanın özgeçmişinde 4 yıl önce prostat kanseri tanısı alarak radyoterapi ve kemoterapi aldığı; bir yıllık tedavi sonunda yanıtın çok iyi olduğu ve kanserin tamamen kay-bolduğu söylenerek tedavinin kesildiği öğenildi. Bunun dışında özgeçmişinde herhangi bir özellik saptanmadı. Dermatolojik muayenede göğüs ön duvarında sert, fikse değişik boyutlarda nodüller saptandı (Resim 1). Lezyondan punch biyopsi alınarak histopatolojik inceleme yapıldı (Resim 2, Resim 3). Tanınız nedir? Resim 1. Göğüs ön duvarda sert, fikse nodüller Resim 2 Resim 3 Ya n›t la r› n› z› semrademirel@turkderm.org.tr ad re si ne gön de re bi lir ...

Research paper thumbnail of Surgical Treatment of Erectile Dysfunction with Penile Prosthesis After Electrical Burn

Research paper thumbnail of Preoperatif Nötrofil/Lenfosit Oranının Testis Tümörlerinin Evresinin Tespitindeki Prediktif Değeri

Objective: It has been demonstrated that neuthrophil/lymphocyte ratio is an independent prognosti... more Objective: It has been demonstrated that neuthrophil/lymphocyte ratio is an independent prognostic factor in many cancers such as bladder tumor and renal tumor. Whether any differences neuthrophil/lymphocyte ratio regarding the pathological stage of testicular tumor was assessed in this study. Meterial and Methods: 21 patients underwent orchiectomy for testicular mass in our clinic were included to the study. Neuthrophil/lymphocyte ratios of both groups were obtained from preoperative blood count. Patients were divided into two groups as Group 1 and 2, which contain stage 1 and gstage 2 diseases, respectively. Neuthrophil/lymphocyte ratios of both groups were compared statistically using the Mann Whitney U test. Results: Pathologic examination revealed pure seminoma in 10 patients, mixt germ cell tumor in 6 patients, lymphoma in 1 patient, adenomatoid tumor in 1 patient, fibroma in 1 patient, small round cell ca in 1 patient and leydig cell tumor in 1 patient. Pathologic examination...

Research paper thumbnail of Surgical Treatment in Women With Anorgasmia: Our Initial Experience Results

Research paper thumbnail of Sünnet Yaşı Boy Uzamasını Etkiliyor Mu

Amac: Sunnet erkek cocuklarda uygulanan en sik cerrahi islem olmakla birlikte, en uygun sunnet ya... more Amac: Sunnet erkek cocuklarda uygulanan en sik cerrahi islem olmakla birlikte, en uygun sunnet yasi hakkinda bircok farkli fikir bulunmaktadir. Ozellikle halk arasinda sunnet yasinin ilerlemesini, boy kisaligina sebep olduguna dair de bir inanis bulunmaktadir. Bizim bu calismadaki amacimiz sunnet yasinin kisinin boy uzamasi uzerine etkisini degerlendirmektir. Materyal-Metod: Uroloji polikligine basvuran yaslari 18-50 arasi olan saglikli erkeklere sunnet olduklari yas, boylari ve kilolari soruldu. Vucut kitle indeksleri hesaplandi. Konjenital anomalisi olanlar, cocuklugunda vezikoureteral reflu veya posterior uretral valv teshisi alanlar, yenidogandan itibaren ergenlik bitimine kadar herhangi bir cerrahi gecirenler calisma disi birakildi. Kisiler sunnet yaslarina gore yenidogan 0-2 yas (grup 1), okul oncesi 2-6 yas (grup 2) ve 7 ve uzeri yas okul cagi diye (grup 3) gruplandirildi. Veriler pearson korelasyon ve One Way Anova analizleriyle cozumlendi. Bulgular: Calismaya 657 erkek dahi...

Research paper thumbnail of Ülkemizde Nadir Bir Hematüri Sebebi, İntravezikal Şistozomiazis

Research paper thumbnail of Does The Age Of Circumcision Affects The Height Growth ?

Aim: Circumcision is the most common surgical procedure that performed at the boys, however there... more Aim: Circumcision is the most common surgical procedure that performed at the boys, however there many different ideas about the optimal circumcision age. In particular, there is a belief among the people that bigger Sünnet Yaşı Boy Uzamasını Etkiliyor Mu? Araştırma Maklesi Does The Age Of Circumcision Affects The Height Growth? 1 2 1 3 4 Mehmet Erol Yıldırım , Mehmet Kaynar , Ekrem Özyuvalı , Erkan Efe , Hüseyin BADEM , Ersin

Research paper thumbnail of Recurrent metastasis of progressive parachordoma of spermatic duct to different sites in a year: A rare case Progresif spermatik kanal parakordomasinin vücudun farkli kisimlarina bir yil içinde tekrarlayan metastazlari: Nadir bir olgu

Parachordoma is a rare entity with an unknown origin, which reported nearly in 60 cases. We are r... more Parachordoma is a rare entity with an unknown origin, which reported nearly in 60 cases. We are reporting an aggressive tumor that has two recurrences in 5 months in different sites. A 49 year old male admitted with right inguinal pain that underwent a computed tomography, revealed a 52x50 mm tumor at the right inguinal subepidermal region. After the resection, pathology of the mass was parachordoma. Four months after the operation, patient admitted with a solitary mass in the right testis. Ultrasonography revealed four different masses in the right inguinal and right testicular region. Second pathology results were also parachordoma. One month later the second operation, patient again admitted to hospital with right hip pain, had a solitary mass on the collum femoris in the magnetic resonance imaging consulted for radiotherapy. Parachordoma is a rare, benign entity that must be closely followed up. The physician must be aware of the malignancy especially in the first year with exis...

Research paper thumbnail of The Predictive Effect of Neutrophil/Lymphocyte Ratio on the Severity of Erectile Dysfunction

Research paper thumbnail of Melatonin protects kidney against apoptosis induced by acute unilateral ureteral obstruction in rats

Central European journal of urology, 2016

To investigate whether there was a protective effect of melatonin on apoptotic mechanisms after a... more To investigate whether there was a protective effect of melatonin on apoptotic mechanisms after an acute unilateral obstruction of the kidney. A total of 25 rats consisting of five groups were used in the study, designated as follows: Group 1: control, Group 2: sham, Group 3: unilateral ureteral obstruction treated with only saline, Group 4: unilateral ureteral obstruction treated with melatonin immediately, and Group 5: unilateral obstruction treated with melatonin one day after obstruction. Melatonin was administered as a 10 mg/kg dose intraperitoneally. The kidneys were evaluated according to the apoptotic index and Ki-67 scores. Comparison of all obstruction groups (Group 3, 4, and 5), revealed that the apoptotic index was significantly higher in Groups 1 and 2. Despite melatonin reduced apoptotic mechanisms in Groups 4 and 5, there was no significant difference between Groups 4 and 5 in terms of the reduction of apoptosis. However, the reduction of apoptosis in the melatonin tr...

Research paper thumbnail of S117 Preoperative Neutrophil Lymphocyte ratio as an indicator of bladder cancer invasion

European Urology Supplements, 2013

Research paper thumbnail of Preoperative Predictive Value of Neuthrophil/Lymphocyte Ratios in Testicular Tumors

Journal of Turgut Ozal Medical Center, 2013

Research paper thumbnail of S245 Shock wave lithotripsy success for renal stones based on patient and stone computed tomography characteristics

European Urology Supplements, 2013

Research paper thumbnail of An Unusual Paraneoplastic Syndrome of Synchronous Bladder Tumor and Prostate Cancer: Polymyositis

Open Journal of Urology, 2015

Research paper thumbnail of What is harmful for male fertility; cell phone or the wireless internet?

The Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences, 2015

In this study, we aimed to assess the potential harmful effects of radiofrequency-electromagnetic... more In this study, we aimed to assess the potential harmful effects of radiofrequency-electromagnetic radiation on sperm parameters. We requested semen for analyses from the male patients coming to our infertility division and also asked them to fill out an anonymous questionnaire. We queried their mobile phone and wireless internet usage frequencies in order to determine their radiofrequency-electromagnetic radiation exposure. A total of 1082 patients filled the questionnaire but 51 of them were excluded from the study because of azoospermia. There was no significant difference between sperm counts and sperm morphology excluding sperm motility, due to mobile phone usage period, (p = 0.074, p = 0.909, and p = 0.05, respectively). The total motile sperm count and the progressive motile sperm count decreased due to the increase of internet usage (p = 0.032 and p = 0.033, respectively). In line with the total motile sperm count, progressive motile sperm count also decreased with wireless internet usage compared with the wired internet connection usage (p = 0.009 and p = 0.018, respectively). There was a negative correlation between wireless internet usage duration and the total sperm count (r = -0.089, p = 0.039). We have also explored the negative effect of wireless internet use on sperm motility according to our preliminary results.

Research paper thumbnail of The comparison of the influence between two different bowel preparation methods on sepsis after prostate biopsies

Central European Journal of Urology, 2015

Transrectal ultrasonography (TRUS) guided prostate needle biopsy has been performed to diagnose a... more Transrectal ultrasonography (TRUS) guided prostate needle biopsy has been performed to diagnose and stage prostate cancer for many years. There are many different bowel preparation protocols to diminish the infectious complications, but there is no standardized consensus among urologists. Therefore, we aimed to assess two different bowel preparation methods on the rate of infectious complications in patients who underwent TRUS-guided prostate biopsy. A total of 387 cases of TRUS-guided prostate biopsy were included in this retrospective study. All patients received antibiotic prophylaxis with ciprofloxacin (500 mg) twice a day orally for 7 days starting on the day before the biopsy. The patients were divided into two groups according to the bowel preparation method used. Patients (Group 1, n = 164) only received self-administrated phosphate enema) on the morning of the prostate biopsy. Other patients (Group 2, n = 223) received sennasoid a-b laxatives the night before the prostate biopsy. Infectious complications were classified as sepsis, fever (greater than 38°C) without sepsis, and other clinical infections. Major complications developed in 14 cases (3.8%), including 3 cases (0.8%) of urinary retention, and 11 (3%) infectious complications, all of which were sepsis. There were 3 and 8 cases of urosepsis in Group 1 and Group 2, respectively. There were no statistically significant differences between both Groups regarding to the rates of urosepsis (p = 0.358). Despite both methods of bowel preparation, sodium phosphate enema or sennasoid a-b calcium laxatives, before TRUS-guided prostate biopsy have similar effect on the rate of urosepsis, so both methods of bowel preparation can be safely used.

Research paper thumbnail of Bladder cancer invasion predictability based on preoperative neutrophil–lymphocyte ratio

Tumor Biology, 2014

This e-offprint is for personal use only and shall not be self-archived in electronic repositorie... more This e-offprint is for personal use only and shall not be self-archived in electronic repositories. If you wish to self-archive your article, please use the accepted manuscript version for posting on your own website. You may further deposit the accepted manuscript version in any repository, provided it is only made publicly available 12 months after official publication or later and provided acknowledgement is given to the original source of publication and a link is inserted to the published article on Springer's website. The link must be accompanied by the following text: "The final publication is available at link.springer.com".

Research paper thumbnail of The association between serum follicle-stimulating hormone levels and the success of microdissection testicular sperm extraction in patients with azoospermia

Urology journal

To evaluate the predictive power of luteinizing hormone (LH), follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH),... more To evaluate the predictive power of luteinizing hormone (LH), follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), testosterone, testicular biopsy histology and male age were evaluated with respect to the success of sperm retrieval in a microdissection testicular sperm extraction (microTESE) procedure, pregnancy and live birth rates. We examined the data of 131 infertile men with non-obstructive azoospermia, who have undergone microTESE operation. The men were classified into two groups based on serum follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) levels ≤ 15 mIU/mL (group 1) and > 15 mIU/mL (group 2). Group 1 consisted of 59 patients (mean age 36.2 ± 6.2 years) and group 2 consisted of 72 (mean age 38.8 ± 7.4 years) patients. Sperm retrieval and pregnancy rates were 66.1% and 16.9% in normal FSH group, respectively. These parameters were higher than those of men with FSH > 15 (43% and 8.3%, respectively). Only 128 patients had histopathological diagnosis. Sperm was retrieved from 12/30 (40%) patients wit...

Research paper thumbnail of Association Between Serum Follicle-Stimulating Hormone and Sarcopenia and Physical Disability Among Older Chinese Men: Evidence From a Cross-Sectional Study

Frontiers in Medicine, 2022

Background: Sarcopenia is a geriatric syndrome characterized by progressive loss of muscle mass, ... more Background: Sarcopenia is a geriatric syndrome characterized by progressive loss of muscle mass, function and quality and associated with a range of adverse health outcomes including disability. Despite a negative correlation between muscle mass and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) levels in postmenopausal women, it is unclear if FSH is associated with sarcopenia and its poor outcomes, especially in older men.Methods: We used cross-sectional data from 360 men aged over 80 who participated in health check-ups to investigate correlations between serum FSH and sarcopenia, individual sarcopenia components, low physical performance (gait speed ≤ 0.8 m/s) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) disability. Sarcopenia and severe sarcopenia were diagnosed according to the revised definition of the European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Old People (EWGSOP2).Results: The prevalence of sarcopenia was 17.8% in this population. In binary logistic regression analysis, compared with ...

Research paper thumbnail of Ta nı nız Ne dir? Ya z›fl ma Ad re si/Ad dress for Cor res pon den ce

Türk derm-De ri Has ta lık la rı ve Fren gi Ar şi vi Der gi si, Ga le nos Ya yı ne vi ta ra f›n d... more Türk derm-De ri Has ta lık la rı ve Fren gi Ar şi vi Der gi si, Ga le nos Ya yı ne vi ta ra f›n dan ba s›l m›fl t›r. Turk derm-Arc hi ves of the Tur kish Der ma to logy and Ve ne ro logy, pub lis hed by Ga le nos Pub lis hing. www.turk derm.org.tr Elli beş yaşında erkek hasta, göğüs ön duvarında 3 ay önce gelişen kabarıklıklar şikayeti ile polikliniğimize konsülte edil-di. Hastanın özgeçmişinde 4 yıl önce prostat kanseri tanısı alarak radyoterapi ve kemoterapi aldığı; bir yıllık tedavi sonunda yanıtın çok iyi olduğu ve kanserin tamamen kay-bolduğu söylenerek tedavinin kesildiği öğenildi. Bunun dışında özgeçmişinde herhangi bir özellik saptanmadı. Dermatolojik muayenede göğüs ön duvarında sert, fikse değişik boyutlarda nodüller saptandı (Resim 1). Lezyondan punch biyopsi alınarak histopatolojik inceleme yapıldı (Resim 2, Resim 3). Tanınız nedir? Resim 1. Göğüs ön duvarda sert, fikse nodüller Resim 2 Resim 3 Ya n›t la r› n› z› semrademirel@turkderm.org.tr ad re si ne gön de re bi lir ...

Research paper thumbnail of Surgical Treatment of Erectile Dysfunction with Penile Prosthesis After Electrical Burn

Research paper thumbnail of Preoperatif Nötrofil/Lenfosit Oranının Testis Tümörlerinin Evresinin Tespitindeki Prediktif Değeri

Objective: It has been demonstrated that neuthrophil/lymphocyte ratio is an independent prognosti... more Objective: It has been demonstrated that neuthrophil/lymphocyte ratio is an independent prognostic factor in many cancers such as bladder tumor and renal tumor. Whether any differences neuthrophil/lymphocyte ratio regarding the pathological stage of testicular tumor was assessed in this study. Meterial and Methods: 21 patients underwent orchiectomy for testicular mass in our clinic were included to the study. Neuthrophil/lymphocyte ratios of both groups were obtained from preoperative blood count. Patients were divided into two groups as Group 1 and 2, which contain stage 1 and gstage 2 diseases, respectively. Neuthrophil/lymphocyte ratios of both groups were compared statistically using the Mann Whitney U test. Results: Pathologic examination revealed pure seminoma in 10 patients, mixt germ cell tumor in 6 patients, lymphoma in 1 patient, adenomatoid tumor in 1 patient, fibroma in 1 patient, small round cell ca in 1 patient and leydig cell tumor in 1 patient. Pathologic examination...

Research paper thumbnail of Surgical Treatment in Women With Anorgasmia: Our Initial Experience Results

Research paper thumbnail of Sünnet Yaşı Boy Uzamasını Etkiliyor Mu

Amac: Sunnet erkek cocuklarda uygulanan en sik cerrahi islem olmakla birlikte, en uygun sunnet ya... more Amac: Sunnet erkek cocuklarda uygulanan en sik cerrahi islem olmakla birlikte, en uygun sunnet yasi hakkinda bircok farkli fikir bulunmaktadir. Ozellikle halk arasinda sunnet yasinin ilerlemesini, boy kisaligina sebep olduguna dair de bir inanis bulunmaktadir. Bizim bu calismadaki amacimiz sunnet yasinin kisinin boy uzamasi uzerine etkisini degerlendirmektir. Materyal-Metod: Uroloji polikligine basvuran yaslari 18-50 arasi olan saglikli erkeklere sunnet olduklari yas, boylari ve kilolari soruldu. Vucut kitle indeksleri hesaplandi. Konjenital anomalisi olanlar, cocuklugunda vezikoureteral reflu veya posterior uretral valv teshisi alanlar, yenidogandan itibaren ergenlik bitimine kadar herhangi bir cerrahi gecirenler calisma disi birakildi. Kisiler sunnet yaslarina gore yenidogan 0-2 yas (grup 1), okul oncesi 2-6 yas (grup 2) ve 7 ve uzeri yas okul cagi diye (grup 3) gruplandirildi. Veriler pearson korelasyon ve One Way Anova analizleriyle cozumlendi. Bulgular: Calismaya 657 erkek dahi...

Research paper thumbnail of Ülkemizde Nadir Bir Hematüri Sebebi, İntravezikal Şistozomiazis

Research paper thumbnail of Does The Age Of Circumcision Affects The Height Growth ?

Aim: Circumcision is the most common surgical procedure that performed at the boys, however there... more Aim: Circumcision is the most common surgical procedure that performed at the boys, however there many different ideas about the optimal circumcision age. In particular, there is a belief among the people that bigger Sünnet Yaşı Boy Uzamasını Etkiliyor Mu? Araştırma Maklesi Does The Age Of Circumcision Affects The Height Growth? 1 2 1 3 4 Mehmet Erol Yıldırım , Mehmet Kaynar , Ekrem Özyuvalı , Erkan Efe , Hüseyin BADEM , Ersin

Research paper thumbnail of Recurrent metastasis of progressive parachordoma of spermatic duct to different sites in a year: A rare case Progresif spermatik kanal parakordomasinin vücudun farkli kisimlarina bir yil içinde tekrarlayan metastazlari: Nadir bir olgu

Parachordoma is a rare entity with an unknown origin, which reported nearly in 60 cases. We are r... more Parachordoma is a rare entity with an unknown origin, which reported nearly in 60 cases. We are reporting an aggressive tumor that has two recurrences in 5 months in different sites. A 49 year old male admitted with right inguinal pain that underwent a computed tomography, revealed a 52x50 mm tumor at the right inguinal subepidermal region. After the resection, pathology of the mass was parachordoma. Four months after the operation, patient admitted with a solitary mass in the right testis. Ultrasonography revealed four different masses in the right inguinal and right testicular region. Second pathology results were also parachordoma. One month later the second operation, patient again admitted to hospital with right hip pain, had a solitary mass on the collum femoris in the magnetic resonance imaging consulted for radiotherapy. Parachordoma is a rare, benign entity that must be closely followed up. The physician must be aware of the malignancy especially in the first year with exis...

Research paper thumbnail of The Predictive Effect of Neutrophil/Lymphocyte Ratio on the Severity of Erectile Dysfunction

Research paper thumbnail of Melatonin protects kidney against apoptosis induced by acute unilateral ureteral obstruction in rats

Central European journal of urology, 2016

To investigate whether there was a protective effect of melatonin on apoptotic mechanisms after a... more To investigate whether there was a protective effect of melatonin on apoptotic mechanisms after an acute unilateral obstruction of the kidney. A total of 25 rats consisting of five groups were used in the study, designated as follows: Group 1: control, Group 2: sham, Group 3: unilateral ureteral obstruction treated with only saline, Group 4: unilateral ureteral obstruction treated with melatonin immediately, and Group 5: unilateral obstruction treated with melatonin one day after obstruction. Melatonin was administered as a 10 mg/kg dose intraperitoneally. The kidneys were evaluated according to the apoptotic index and Ki-67 scores. Comparison of all obstruction groups (Group 3, 4, and 5), revealed that the apoptotic index was significantly higher in Groups 1 and 2. Despite melatonin reduced apoptotic mechanisms in Groups 4 and 5, there was no significant difference between Groups 4 and 5 in terms of the reduction of apoptosis. However, the reduction of apoptosis in the melatonin tr...

Research paper thumbnail of S117 Preoperative Neutrophil Lymphocyte ratio as an indicator of bladder cancer invasion

European Urology Supplements, 2013

Research paper thumbnail of Preoperative Predictive Value of Neuthrophil/Lymphocyte Ratios in Testicular Tumors

Journal of Turgut Ozal Medical Center, 2013

Research paper thumbnail of S245 Shock wave lithotripsy success for renal stones based on patient and stone computed tomography characteristics

European Urology Supplements, 2013

Research paper thumbnail of An Unusual Paraneoplastic Syndrome of Synchronous Bladder Tumor and Prostate Cancer: Polymyositis

Open Journal of Urology, 2015

Research paper thumbnail of What is harmful for male fertility; cell phone or the wireless internet?

The Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences, 2015

In this study, we aimed to assess the potential harmful effects of radiofrequency-electromagnetic... more In this study, we aimed to assess the potential harmful effects of radiofrequency-electromagnetic radiation on sperm parameters. We requested semen for analyses from the male patients coming to our infertility division and also asked them to fill out an anonymous questionnaire. We queried their mobile phone and wireless internet usage frequencies in order to determine their radiofrequency-electromagnetic radiation exposure. A total of 1082 patients filled the questionnaire but 51 of them were excluded from the study because of azoospermia. There was no significant difference between sperm counts and sperm morphology excluding sperm motility, due to mobile phone usage period, (p = 0.074, p = 0.909, and p = 0.05, respectively). The total motile sperm count and the progressive motile sperm count decreased due to the increase of internet usage (p = 0.032 and p = 0.033, respectively). In line with the total motile sperm count, progressive motile sperm count also decreased with wireless internet usage compared with the wired internet connection usage (p = 0.009 and p = 0.018, respectively). There was a negative correlation between wireless internet usage duration and the total sperm count (r = -0.089, p = 0.039). We have also explored the negative effect of wireless internet use on sperm motility according to our preliminary results.

Research paper thumbnail of The comparison of the influence between two different bowel preparation methods on sepsis after prostate biopsies

Central European Journal of Urology, 2015

Transrectal ultrasonography (TRUS) guided prostate needle biopsy has been performed to diagnose a... more Transrectal ultrasonography (TRUS) guided prostate needle biopsy has been performed to diagnose and stage prostate cancer for many years. There are many different bowel preparation protocols to diminish the infectious complications, but there is no standardized consensus among urologists. Therefore, we aimed to assess two different bowel preparation methods on the rate of infectious complications in patients who underwent TRUS-guided prostate biopsy. A total of 387 cases of TRUS-guided prostate biopsy were included in this retrospective study. All patients received antibiotic prophylaxis with ciprofloxacin (500 mg) twice a day orally for 7 days starting on the day before the biopsy. The patients were divided into two groups according to the bowel preparation method used. Patients (Group 1, n = 164) only received self-administrated phosphate enema) on the morning of the prostate biopsy. Other patients (Group 2, n = 223) received sennasoid a-b laxatives the night before the prostate biopsy. Infectious complications were classified as sepsis, fever (greater than 38°C) without sepsis, and other clinical infections. Major complications developed in 14 cases (3.8%), including 3 cases (0.8%) of urinary retention, and 11 (3%) infectious complications, all of which were sepsis. There were 3 and 8 cases of urosepsis in Group 1 and Group 2, respectively. There were no statistically significant differences between both Groups regarding to the rates of urosepsis (p = 0.358). Despite both methods of bowel preparation, sodium phosphate enema or sennasoid a-b calcium laxatives, before TRUS-guided prostate biopsy have similar effect on the rate of urosepsis, so both methods of bowel preparation can be safely used.

Research paper thumbnail of Bladder cancer invasion predictability based on preoperative neutrophil–lymphocyte ratio

Tumor Biology, 2014

This e-offprint is for personal use only and shall not be self-archived in electronic repositorie... more This e-offprint is for personal use only and shall not be self-archived in electronic repositories. If you wish to self-archive your article, please use the accepted manuscript version for posting on your own website. You may further deposit the accepted manuscript version in any repository, provided it is only made publicly available 12 months after official publication or later and provided acknowledgement is given to the original source of publication and a link is inserted to the published article on Springer's website. The link must be accompanied by the following text: "The final publication is available at link.springer.com".

Research paper thumbnail of The association between serum follicle-stimulating hormone levels and the success of microdissection testicular sperm extraction in patients with azoospermia

Urology journal

To evaluate the predictive power of luteinizing hormone (LH), follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH),... more To evaluate the predictive power of luteinizing hormone (LH), follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), testosterone, testicular biopsy histology and male age were evaluated with respect to the success of sperm retrieval in a microdissection testicular sperm extraction (microTESE) procedure, pregnancy and live birth rates. We examined the data of 131 infertile men with non-obstructive azoospermia, who have undergone microTESE operation. The men were classified into two groups based on serum follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) levels ≤ 15 mIU/mL (group 1) and > 15 mIU/mL (group 2). Group 1 consisted of 59 patients (mean age 36.2 ± 6.2 years) and group 2 consisted of 72 (mean age 38.8 ± 7.4 years) patients. Sperm retrieval and pregnancy rates were 66.1% and 16.9% in normal FSH group, respectively. These parameters were higher than those of men with FSH > 15 (43% and 8.3%, respectively). Only 128 patients had histopathological diagnosis. Sperm was retrieved from 12/30 (40%) patients wit...