Arun K Sharma

Associate Specialist in Urology

West Herts NHS Trust (Watford General Hospital)

JOURNALS REVIEWED: BMJ; NEUROLOGY & URODYNAMICS; EUROPEAN UROLOGY; EUROPEAN UROLOGY FOCUS; LANCET ONCOLOGY; DE HISTORIA UROLOGIAE EUROPAEAE – February 2013 (ongoing)

Latest Contribution

RARP – novel uroflow stop test

1 July 2015 | | Reconstructive Urology, Urologic Oncology | Robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy, catheter removal, predictors, recovery of incontinence, urine incontinence

More and more centres are doing robotic assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) surgery for cancer of the prostate .This study from Montreal, Canada describes a simple and novel test to predict recovery of urinary continence after RARP. The uroflow stop test...

Prostate alpha-1 receptors: what is new?

1 March 2015 | | Functional Urology | benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), benign prostatic syndrome (BPS), contraction, lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), smooth muscle, α1-adrenoceptor, α1-blocker

This article from the west of Germany will be of interest to many of us who use alpha-blockers for bladder outflow symptoms. The classic model of understanding of alpha receptors has been challenged recently. Further models have been identified, including...

IC and risk of CHD

1 March 2015 | | Functional Urology | bladder pain syndrome/interstitial cystitis, coronary heart disease, interstitial cystitis

Bladder pain syndrome / interstitial cystitis (BPS/IC) is a chronic, multifactorial and relapsing condition. Aetiology includes: inflammation, allergic, neuropathic, auto immune, vascular factors, etc. This study from Taiwan aimed to investigate the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) among IC...