Research and reports in urology

PURPOSE: Bladder cancer is one of the ten most common cancers in the world, with a high incidence rate and mortality, and therefore a major burden on the global health care system. PID1 (Phosphotyrosine Interaction Domain 1) functions as an…

Vesicouterine fistula (VUF) is a rare form of urogenital fistula, accounting for approximately 4% of cases. It commonly arises as a complication of uterine interventions, especially previous cesarean sections (C-sections). Intravesical ecto…

Ureteral endometriosis is an uncommon but potentially serious manifestation of deep endometriosis that may remain undetected until significant renal damage has occurred. We report the case of a 35-year-old woman with a 4-year history of rig…

OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to determine the role of sperm DNA fragmentation as a marker that could predict early pregnancy loss (EPL), either independently or in combination with another marker or markers, after intracytoplasmic sperm inje…

AIM: The aim of this study was to apply and evaluate three ultrasound methods to measure the bladder wall in a healthy population using high-resolution applications and to establish reference points and baselines for future research into lo…

BACKGROUND: Partial cystectomy provides oncological results comparable with those of radical cystectomy in selected patients with invasive bladder cancer without the morbidity associated with radical cystectomy and urinary diversion. We des…