Background.Laparoscopic donor nephrectomy (LDN) offers advantages to the donor.The reported incidence of testicular pain after LDN varies in the literature ranging from 3% to 55%.Methods.A survey was sent to 322 male LDN patients who donated from February 5, 2009, to February 5, 2019.The survey assessed if the donor had testicular pain or saw an ad
ObjectiveActive surveillance (AS) represents a fundamental shift in 5x4x3 box managing select cancer patients that initiates treatment only upon disease progression to avoid overtreatment.Given uncertain outcomes, patient engagement could support decision-making about AS.Little is known about how to optimize patient engagement for AS decision-makin
The most common method of estimating teleost ages is via sectioned otoliths.With diminishing funding and policies around cost-recovery from fishing industries, exploring tzone ball cost-effective methods of estimating ages is warranted.The present study used 18 years of size-at-age data collected from monitoring of the commercial halfbeak (Hyporham
Despite of decrease in breast cancer frequency and mortality in developed countries in last decade, its incidence and mortality rates have been increased in low-middle income countries.These increasing trend will continue in next years and, breast cancer will be an important health problem in Turkey and other developing countries.The rate of locall