Introduction

I am honored to share with you the first issue of 2022 of the Grand Journal of Urology (Grand J Urol) with the contributions of many respected researchers and authors.

Our journal has been indexed in EBSCOhost, J-Gate, Index Copernicus International ICI World of Journals, EuroPub and SciLit international databases. As of these achievements, the Grand Journal of Urology (GJU) has taken its place among the journals indexed by international databases. With this result, GJU was entitled to be included in the journals in category 1b defined in the application criteria for associate professorship.

In this issue of our journal, there are many valuable articles under the subheadings of Andrology, Endourology, General Urology, Genitourinary Radiology, and Urological Oncology. There are three original articles related to COVID-19 and Urology, which reflect the ongoing pandemic process under the sub-title of General Urology. I hope that these carefully prepared articles will make important contributions to valuable readers, researchers and the urology literature.

On this occasion, I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to our authors who have contributed to our journal with their articles, to our reviewers who have meticulously evaluate the articles.

Respectfully yours
January 2022
Assoc. Prof. Ekrem GUNER, MD
Editor-in-Chief