Eur Urol Suppl 2010;9(6):602 and catheters were taken out 3 days after the operation. Prostate pathologies were reported as benign for all patients. Both groups have been compared according to prostate volume (PV), PSA, resection time, IPSS and urethral stricture required intervention. Patients, who had urethral stricture suspection at 1. and 3. month control, were performed cystoscopy. The patients, who had uretral stricture, were performed cold knife urethrotomy. Mann-Whitney U and Wilcoxon tests were used for statistical analyses. results: Datas of patients in both groups were analysed and the distribution was homogenous (Table-1). Bulbar urethra and mea strictures were compared for both groups. Although there were three times more bulbar stricture at 26 F group than 24 F group, this was not signifcant statistically (Table 2). 24 F (n:23) 26 F (n:24) p Age (year) 64.7±8.3 67.3±6.8 0.31 Operation time (min) 57.5±16.7 58.6±14.1 0.72 Prostate volume (mm 3 ) 50.9±18.1 49.1±10.4 0.99 PSA (ng/dl) 3.4±4.6 3.3±2.9 0.65 IPSS 22.8±2.5 23.0±1.7 0.59 Qmax (ml/min) preop 8.7±1.6 9.6±1.6 0.07 Qmax (ml/min) postop 1.month 19.1±5.4 17.8±6.3 0.90 Table-1: Individual characteristics of patients 24 F (n:23) 26 F (n:24) p Internal urethrotomy (Bulbar stricture) 1 (% 4.3) 3 (%12.5) 0.32 Meatotomy (Mea stricture) 2 (% 8.7) 1 (%4.2) 0.50 Table-2: Comparement of the numbers of strictures for both groups. conclusions: The size of resectoscop is thought to be responsible for urethral strictures after TUR-P. In our study, although the number of urethral strictures were larger at 26 F group than 24 F group, this was not signifcant statistically. Besides that, the results of long term follow-up will help us. poster Session 10 nephrolithiaSiS ii Saturday, 2 october, 09.40-11.20, poster room 2 S181 the efficacy of epidural aneStheSia in percutaneouS and open nephroStomy Ohri I. 1 , Domi R. 1 , Gani H. 1 , Sula H. 1 , Xhani M. 2 , Kerci M. 3 , Baftiu N. 4 , Tartari F. 5 1 University Hospital Center Mother Theresa, Dept. of Anesthesiology, Tirana, Albania, 2 University Hospital Center Mother Theresa, Dept. of Urology, Tirana, Albania, 3 Military University Hospital Center, Dept. of Anesthesiology, Tirana, Albania, 4 University Hospital Center, Dept. of Anesthesiology, Prishtine, Kosovo, 5 University Hospital Center, Dept. of Urology, Prishtine, Kosovo introduction & objectives: To study the efcacy of epidural anesthesia in percutaneous and open nephrostomy. material & methods: The prospective study was conducted during the period January 2009- January 2010. There are included 27 female patients aged 63 ± 11 years old, diagnosed with advanced malignant tumor of uterus, resulting in anuria and severe postrenal failure. The mean values of urine output and plasmatic level of creatinine on admission were respectively 120 ± 25 ml daily and 14 ± 3,7 mg.dl. There was performed epidural anesthesia with catheter in L1-L2, using epidural lidocaine 2 %, 30 ml. There were evaluated the duration of sensor and motor block, surgery time, intraoperatively hypotension and bradycardia. results: Results are summarized in the fgure. Using epidural anesthesia we tried to avoid the general anesthesia and the efects of the all drugs especially the muscle relaxants. The durations of block and surgery were respectively 51 ± 17 and 34 ± 14 minutes Block duration 51 ± 17 min Surgery time 34 ± 14 min Hypotension 1 pt Bradycardia 1 pt Open surgery 1 pt conclusions: We think that epidural anesthesia is an optimal choice for percutaneous and open nephrostomy in order to avoid general anesthesia and all drugs related to it. of hospital admissions were related in some way to an infection. Antimicrobial prophylaxis is recommended but there is no consensus about regimens. Our aim was to fnd what is more efcient antibiotic prophylaxis ciprofoxacin or combination ciprofoxacin/ metronidazole. material & methods: We analyzed rates of hospital admission after TRUS guided biopsy in two groups of patients. All patients treated 12h prior and for 4 days after biopsy with antibiotics. Group A (120patients) treated with ciprofoxacin and group B(107 patients) with combination ciprofoxacin/ metronidazole. Ciprofoxacin was administered 500mg every 12 h, and metronidazole 500 mg every 8h. We admitted in the hospital all patients with fever(>38°C) and urinary tract infection or persistent hematuria (lasts more then 3 days) within 30 days of the procedure. results: In group A we had one patient hospitalized for fever and acute prostatitis caused by E.coli resistant to ciprofoxacin. In groupe B we had 1 patient with same problem but urine was sterile despite fever, dysuria and leukocyturia. In observed patients we had not persistent hematuria. conclusions: Complication rate is low in both regimens of antimicrobial prophylaxis. There is no statistically signifcant diference between ciprofoxacin alone vs. combination with metronidazole in antimicrobial prophylaxis for transrectal biopsy of the prostate. S179 proState mythS: what iS the proState awareneSS in the general male population in turkey and how do we urologiStS deal with thiS problem? Kulaksizoglu H., Kilic O., Gul M., Kucur M., Göktaş S. Selcuklu Medicine Faculty, Dept. of Urology, Konya, Turkey introduction & objectives: The aim of the study was to evaluate the prostate awareness in the general male population and fnd out about the common misinformations about prostate diseases. material & methods: A cross sectional population sampling was performed in the general population for men between the ages of 18-70 with a survey conducted by medical students. The survey consisted of 15 questions addresssing diferent aspects of the prostate diseases and common misinformation in the general population. All participants were stratifed according to decades ofage, degree of education, occupation and whether the person himself or a close relative has visited a urologist for prostate diseases. All questionnaires were anonymous and patients were informed about the confdentiality of the results. results: A total of 700 men between the ages of 18-70 were included in the study(mean age 42.5 ±27.2 years).20.2 % of the patients were primary school graduates,8.6 % secondary school,25.5 %high school, 39.8 % university, 5.8 % doctorate or higher education. 31.5 % had seen or been with a close relative to a urologist about the prostatic disaeses. 56.2 % of the patients reported ‘prostate’ as a disease and only ’16.5 % as an organ. 50.2 % believed all men had ‘prostate’. 5.4% said sexual activity would cause and 13 % thought sexual activity would prevent prostate disease.24.9 % of the participants reported that rectal exam would afect sexual acitivity. 63.5% of the participants believed that urinating when squatting would prevent prostate hiperplasia. Prostate cancer transmission to sexual partner has been marked as true by 5 % of the men. As many as 41.3 % of the participants belived that early prostate surgery for BPH would prevent from prostate cancer. 13 % of the men reported that sexual activity ceases with prostate surgery and retrograde ejaculation or anejaculation is equal to the end of sexual activity in men. conclusions: The survey showed clearly that prostate awareness is still very unsatisfactory in the Turkish male population and we urologists need to inform the general population more. The knowledge is still lacking through all the education levels. S180 Short term reSultS of reSectoScope Size on urethral Stricture after tranSurethral proState reSection: proSpective, randomized, Single blind Study Güneş M., Keleş M.O., Kaya C., Koca O., Sertkaya Z., Karaman M. Haydarpaşa Numune Training and Research Hospital, Dept. of Urology, İstanbul, Turkey introduction & objectives: The incidence of urethral stricture, the most common late complication, after transurethral prostate resection (TUR-P) is 1.5- 29 %. Some factors have been suggested to have efect on developing urethral stricture after TUR-P surgery such as resectoscope size, the type and diameter of catheter, the duration of catheterization, time of resection, patient age and urethral instrumentation, but the etiology remains controversial. In this study, we evaluated the short term efect of resectoscope size depending on urethral stricture after TUR-P. material & methods: Patients who were admitted to our clinic between November 2009 and March 2010 with the indication of TUR-P were randomized into 2 groups. Group 1 consisted of 23 patients who underwent TUR-P with 24 F resectoscope and Group 2 consisted of 24 patients who underwent TUR-P with 26 F resectoscope with monopolar energy. They had no urethral surgery or instrumentation previously. Postoperatively 22 F latex urinary catheter was used for all patients