Kidney stones in pregnancy
Case 1 A 28-year-old female, 19 weeks pregnant, presents with severe left loin pain. There is no past medical history of note. Blood tests show a white cell count of 14.1x109/L and creatinine of 56umol/L. An ultrasound scan (USS) reports...
Full DetailsA guide to local anaesthetic transperineal prostate biopsy
In the UK, nearly 100,000 men undergo a prostate biopsy annually, a figure projected to double in the next decade [1]. In recent years, we have observed a paradigm shift in urological practice in numerous UK hospitals. The conventional transrectal,...
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- CHARITY FOCUS - Bladder Health UK is a national patient support charity that has been communicating with bladder illness sufferers for 30 years. The charity offers a lot of resources to give help, educate and inform, including webinars, study...
Full DetailsEndourology Academy – a modern-day solution to modern-day training
In 2021, as a core trainee in urology, I found myself facing challenges due to the coronavirus pandemic, which led to limited theatre times for surgical exposure. Trying to grasp the basics of surgery with such restricted operative experience was...
Full DetailsIn conversation with James Green
We were delighted to catch up with James Green, Consultant Urological Surgeon and new President of the Royal Society of Medicine Section of Urology. Can you tell us a little bit about what led you into the field of urology...
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This recent update provides increased access to the AngioDynamics NanoKnife IRE ablation...
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LoFric® Origo is a user-friendly and safe male hydrophilic catheter. It comes in a discreet, foldable package that easily fits in a pocket.
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Team iMEDicare Execs will climb the tallest mountain in Poland (Mount Rysy in the Tatra Mountains – 8,199 feet/2,499 metres), on the 27th of August 2023.
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Female fluoroscopy procedures including Hysterosalpingography (HSG) to assess uterine cavity and fallopian tubes, as well as video...
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Despite the rumours of Contiform’s demise that have been greatly exaggerated, and that...
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Men’s Liberty™ is the innovative alternative to traditional male external catheters.
Wax candles, horsewhips and sounding a note
In this series of articles I am going to show you some of the exhibits contained in the Museum of Urology, hosted on the BAUS website (www.baus.org.uk). There are certain instruments we use in urology which carry unusual names; you...
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When I saw the dreaded words “Oriel: Application not matched” pop-up on my phone...
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The BAUS Section of Trainees (BSoT) opened applications for two senior UK urology trainees...
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This article, written by a Urology ST3 from the West of Scotland Deanery, aims...
A sigma six approach to improving nephrostomy and antegrade stent services at a district general hospital – an audit project
As hospitals merge into larger trusts there becomes a centralisation of some services. Interventional radiology (IR) has been one of those services. Our district general hospital runs bi-weekly lR lists following service centralisation. Urology and IR most commonly liaise on...
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GentleCath™ intermittent catheters
We know that Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) are the biggest issue for catheter users. In the United Kingdom, 14 million people suffer from continence problems1. Although hydrophilic coated catheters (2nd generation) brought benefits compared to uncoated catheters (1st generation), users...
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Radical surgical treatment of prostate cancer has become minimally invasive owing to robotic assisted...
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Treatment of prostate cancer in renal transplant recipients is challenging due to a lack...
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Delayed diagnosis of testicular cancer Testicular cancer is considered rare in the general population...