The success rate was recorded at onemonth postoperative follow-up in the clinic.

Of the 120 patients with MS who underwent a meatotomy procedure, there were 40 (33.3%) participants in each group. The main symptoms were painful urination and urine stream deviation that represented in 54 (46%) patients. Bladder wall thickness was the main pre-operation finding in the US which was observed in 67 (55.8%) patients. In comparison between the groups related to clamping time, bleeding was observed and required suturing when clamping was applied for 2 minutes in 4 (3.3%) patients (p = 0.016). With a minimum follow-up of 12 months, no recurrent meatal stenosis was reported.

Clamping time for more than 2 minutes may prevent bleeding during and after meatotomy.

Clamping time for more than 2 minutes may prevent bleeding during and after meatotomy.

Retrograde urethrogram (RUG) is one of the corner stones for the reconstructive urologist. With hundreds of RUGs being performed yearly in busy reconstructive center, the concern for radiation exposure to the patient and the medical personnel becomes important. We propose the use of pulsed fluoroscopy to decrease the radiation exposure for patient and medical personnel.

Patients presenting to our center with urethral strictures between March 2016 and March 2019 were included in our study. The fluoroscopy machine was set for pulsed fluoroscopy at a setting of 4 pulses per second. Patient information including demographics, pre-operative diagnosis, Intra-op findings, and fluoroscopy time were recorded. RUG was performed to localize the stricture pre-operatively and post-operatively.

A total of 185 RUG were performed between March 2016 and March 2019. The median age was 63 (14-81). The remaining 154 RUG had 77 performed pre-operatively and 77 performed post-operatively. Pathology was identified in 77 patients. Intra-operative confirmation of pre-operative finding was found in 76 patients (98.7%). Median fluoroscopy time was found to be 2.43 seconds (0.5 sec- 6.5 sec).

Pulsed fluoroscopy reduces the radiation exposure in RUG without a reduction in the diagnostic capacity of the test. Reduction of fluoroscopy can have beneficial cumulative effect as per the ALARA principle for patients and medical personnel. Further studies with randomized control trials could be of great benefit.

Pulsed fluoroscopy reduces the radiation exposure in RUG without a reduction in the diagnostic capacity of the test. Reduction of fluoroscopy can have beneficial cumulative effect as per the ALARA principle for patients and medical personnel. Further studies with randomized control trials could be of great benefit.

The aim of this study is to retrospectively examine patient-partner satisfaction and changes in quality of life due to two-piece penile prosthesis implantation (PPI). There is no data about partner Quality of Life (QoL) related to two-piece PPI in the literature.

SF 36 scale and modified Erectile Dysfunction Inventory of Treatment Satisfaction (EDITS), which were filled before two-piece PPI and at the sixth postoperative month follow-up by male patients (n = 45) and female partners (n = 45), were evaluated.

We found patient-partner satisfaction rates as 80% and 86% respectively. The changes in all mean scores of SF 36 (mean total score, mean physical health score and mean mental health score) were statistically significant (p < 0.01). Again, the differences between all mean scores of SF 36 according to the level of patient-partner satisfaction were statistically significant (p < 0.01).

Two-piece PPI is an important option for ED treatment. It provides significant improvement in patient-partner QoL with high treatment satisfaction.

Two-piece PPI is an important option for ED treatment. It provides significant improvement in patient-partner QoL with high treatment satisfaction.

In this study, we compared postoperative outcomes of patients submitted to varicocele correction under general or local anesthesia at a single center.

All patients underwent varicocele surgical treatment with the Colpi-modified Marmar subinguinal technique. They were managed with either general (Group A) or local with ileo-inguinal and ileo-hypogastric nerves block (Group B) anesthesia. The two groups were compared in terms of timing of discharge and post-operative pain as assessed with the numeric rating scale (NRS) at both rest and movement (NRSm). § Results Overall, 63 patients were included with a mean (SD) age of 25 years ± 5 yrs. The NRS mean score was significantly lower for Group B during the first 4 days after surgery at both rest and movement (all p < 0.05). Patients receiving local anesthesia showed a faster time to first urination (210 vs. 240 min; p = 0.02), although the time to discharge was comparable between the two groups (250 vs. 250 min).

These results suggest that local anetshesia for varicocele surgical treatment is feasible and provide better pain control and faster recovery after surgery.

These results suggest that local anetshesia for varicocele surgical treatment is feasible and provide better pain control and faster recovery after surgery.

This study aimed to determine the contribution of color Doppler ultrasonography (CDUS) performed before varicocelectomy to the success of surgical treatment and to evaluate the correlation between CDUS findings and semen parameters.

A total of 84 patients diagnosed with grade 3 left varicocele in our clinic between 2016 and 2018 were evaluated. The patients in whom the decision for varicocelectomy was based on only physical examination (PE) findings and abnormal semen analysis (SA) were defined as Group 1, while the patients undergoing varicocelectomy based on PE, CDUS and SA findings were defined as Group 2. ABT-199 cell line The patients diagnosed with varicocele based on PE and CDUS findings who were included in a followup protocol due to normal semen parameters were defined as Group 3.

In Group 1, there was a total of 28 patients and the mean number of ligated internal spermatic veins was 4.53 (range, 2-10). In Group 2, there was a total of 30 patients and the number of ligated internal spermatic veins was 3.76 (range, 1-8).