Endocrine Abstracts

Objectives: Mountain biking has become increasingly popular worldwide. Mountain bikes, are a common source of significant injuries including chronic overuse injuries affecting the genitourinary tract. Erectile dysfunction and infertility are some of the reported urogenital problems in male riders. Our aim was to evaluate the testicular function in male mountain bikers.Methods: Thirty male professional mountain bikers with a mean age of 23.4±2.5 year...

BackgroundOur aim was to compare the effectiveness of five different risk-stratification systems using the ultrasonographical features of thyroid nodules in determining malignant histopathology.MethodsThe preoperative ultrasonography (US) features of 6925 nodules of 3030 patients who underwent thyroidectomy between 2007 and 2014 were analyzed retrospectively. The nodules were classified according to Kwak-TIRA...