Hormonal predictors of prostate cancerMustafa Sofikerim
Department of Urology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
Urol Int 79:13-8. 2007
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What is the role of percutaneous needle core biopsy in diagnosis of renal masses?Mustafa Sofikerim
Department of Urology, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey
Urology 76:614-8. 2010
..To define the accuracy and acceptability of ultrasonography-guided percutaneous needle core biopsy in diagnosis of renal masses...
- Correlation of serum androgens and pituitary hormone levels with serum PSA less than 2.5 ng/ml
Mustafa Sofikerim
Hacettepe University, School of Medicine, Department of Urology, Ankara, Turkey
ScientificWorldJournal 7:1128-33. 2007
..In this population of eugonadal men with serum PSA values less than 2.5 ng/ml, serum androgens and pituitary hormones do not appear to correlate with serum PSA...
- Rigorous bicycling does not increase serum levels of total and free prostate-specific antigen (PSA), the free/total PSA ratio, gonadotropin levels, or uroflowmetric parameters
Tolga Saka
Department of Sports Medicine, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey
Urology 74:1325-30. 2009
..To determine whether cycling has an effect on serum PSA, gonadotropins, and uroflowmetric parameters...
- In vitro effect of lemon and orange juices on calcium oxalate crystallization
Sevsen Kulaksizoglu
Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Baskent University, Konya, Turkey
Int Urol Nephrol 40:589-94. 2008
..Dietary factors appear to affect the ability of urine to inhibit calcium oxalate crystallization. These factors encouraged us to study the effects of lemon and orange juices on calcium oxalate crystallization in vitro...
- Impact of various modifiers on calcium oxalate crystallization
Sevsen Kulaksizoglu
Baskent University, School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry, Merkez, 42080 Konya, Turkey
Int J Urol 14:214-8. 2007
..This work focuses on the behavior of in vitro calcium oxalate crystallization. The effects of several compounds on the kinetics of calcium oxalate crystallization were examined...
- Intravenous dexmedetomidine for treatment of intraoperative penile erection
Gulen Guler
Department of Anesthesiology, Medical Faculty, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey
Int Urol Nephrol 44:353-7. 2012
..Dexmedetomidine is a potent, selective α(2)-adrenoreceptor agonist. In our study, we evaluated the effect of dexmedetomidine on intraoperative penile erection...
- Malignant transformation in abdominal cryptorchid testis 40 years after treatment of seminoma confined to other testis
Mustafa Sofikerim
Department of Urology, Erciyes University School of Medicine, Kayseri, Turkey
Can J Urol 14:3510-3. 2007
..This report describes an exceptionally rare case of a 64-year-old man with seminoma in abdominal cryptorchidism, leading to intestinal obstruction 40 years after curative treatment for seminoma of the other (descended) testis...
- Comparison of conventional and step-wise shockwave lithotripsy in management of urinary calculi
Deniz Demirci
Department of Urology, Erciyes University, School of Medicine, Kayseri, Turkey
J Endourol 21:1407-10. 2007
..In this clinical study, our aim was to evaluate the results of conventional and step-wise shockwave lithotripsy (SWL) in the management of urinary calculi...
Which urine marker test provides more diagnostic value in conjunction with standard cytology- ImmunoCyt/uCyt+ or Cytokeratin 20 expressionIsin Soyuer
Pathology Department, Erciyes University, Medical Faculty, Kayseri, Turkey
Diagn Pathol 4:20. 2009
..8%). The simultaneous use of the three markers, sensitivity was reaching 92.5%. CONCLUSION: The UCyt+ test and CK20 expression are valid tools for the performance of adjunctive analyses with conventional cytologic examination...
- Assessment of in vivo calculation with ultrasonography compared to physical sections in vitro: a stereological study of prostate volumes
Niyazi Acer
Department of Anatomy, Erciyes University School of Medicine, 38000, Kayseri, Turkey
Anat Sci Int 86:78-85. 2011
..Thus TRUS underestimated prostate volume by 21.4%, but excellent agreement was found between actual volume and point counting techniques. We believe that the classic ellipsoid formula is inadequate for determining prostate volume...
- Effect of simple malrotation on percutaneous nephrolithotomy: a matched pair multicenter analysis
Murat Binbay
Department of Urology, Haseki Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
J Urol 185:1737-41. 2011
..In this multicenter study we compared the outcome of percutaneous nephrolithotomy in patients with and without malrotated kidneys...
- Epidermoid carcinoma of the lung with isolated penile metastasis
Mustafa Sofikerim
Department of Urology, Erciyes University School of Medicine, Kayseri, Turkey
Can J Urol 14:3643-5. 2007
..A fine-needle aspiration biopsy of the penile mass revealed epidermoid carcinoma that was consistent with lung cancer. The patient was considered to have penile metastasis from epidermoid carcinoma of the lung...
- Testicular choriocarcinoma metastatic to the skin
Mustafa Sofikerim
Department of Urology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Sihhiye, Ankara, 06100, Turkey
Int Urol Nephrol 37:759-62. 2005
..Choriocarcinoma has a distinct propensity for early hematogenous spread to distant sites. We present the case of a 42-year-old white male with testicular choriocarcinoma with skin metastasis...
- An extended 10-core transrectal ultrasonography guided prostate biopsy protocol improves the detection of prostate cancer
Saadettin Yilmaz Eskicorapci
Department of Urology, Hacettepe University, School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
Eur Urol 45:444-8; discussion 448-9. 2004
..To evaluate the efficacy of TRUS guided 10-core biopsy strategy for Turkish patients who had biopsy of the prostate for the first time...
- Comparison of 3 doses of ropivacaine for epidural anesthesia in transurethral surgery
Gulen Guler
Department of Anesthesiology, Medical Faculty, Erciyes University, Kayseri 38039, Turkey
Saudi Med J 30:67-71. 2009
..To investigate the use of 3 different doses of ropivacaine on the quality of anesthesia and hemodynamics in epidural anesthesia for transurethral surgery...
- Tubeless percutaneous nephrolithotomy: safe even in supracostal access
Mustafa Sofikerim
Department of Urology, Erciyes University School of Medicine, Kayseri, Turkey
J Endourol 21:967-72. 2007
..This study was designed to determine the outcome and safety of tubeless percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) in the treatment of renal calculi...
- An electron microscopic examination of the intravesical ureter in children with primary vesico-ureteric reflux
Mustafa Sofikerim
Department of Urology, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
BJU Int 99:1127-31. 2007
..To determine the structure of the intravesical distal ureteric wall of patients with primary vesico-ureteric reflux (VUR), and to compare the findings with previous reports...
- Does previous open nephrolithotomy affect the outcome of percutaneous nephrolithotomy?
Mustafa Sofikerim
Department of Urology, Erciyes University, School of Medicine, Kayseri, Turkey
J Endourol 21:401-3. 2007
..To determine the effects of previous open nephrolithotomy on the results and morbidity of subsequent percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL)...
