Ben Challacombe

Consultant Urological Surgeon & Honorary Senior Lecturer

GSTT MDT Urological Cancer Lead; Clinical Robotic Surgery Lead & Fellowship Director; BAUS Oncology Chair; Guy’s Hospital & King’s College, London.

Nightmare Cases - Section editor

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Pre prostate biopsy MRI pelvis. T2 sequence showing anatomy of the prostate.

Demanding cases or nightmares in uro-oncology? Jan/Feb 2023

6 January 2023 | | Urologic Oncology

Radical surgical treatment of prostate cancer has become minimally invasive owing to robotic assisted laparoscopic technology [1]. Patients who undergo robotic assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) often have lower risk of morbidity compared to an open approach. However, patients with a...

T2 weighted sagittal MRI of the prostate gland demonstrating the anterior tumour.

Demanding cases or nightmares in uro-oncology? Sep/Oct 2021

3 September 2021 | | Urologic Oncology

Active surveillance for prostate cancer: missing the boat Case In 2005 a 43-year-old man of Afro-Caribbean ethnicity was referred to our centre for investigation of suspected prostate cancer. Digital rectal exam revealed a firm right lobe, PSA of 2.3ng/ml, prostate...

Axial CT image 12 months post surgery demonstrating a thickening of the left rectus muscle.

Demanding cases or nightmares in uro-oncology? May/Jun 2021

5 May 2021 | | Urologic Oncology

It’s not in the bag until it’s out of the abdomen: abdominal wall recurrence after ruptured retrieval bag during robot-assisted partial nephrectomy We present a case of failure of a specimen retrieval bag during a robot-assisted partial nephrectomy resulting in...

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