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AAU Congress 2025: AI and Robotics in Urology: From Concept to Clinical Practice

The 22nd AAU Congress, held alongside the 5th Oman Urology Society (OUS) Conference, will take place in Muscat, Oman, from 13-16 November 2025. Bringing together top urologists, researchers, and industry leaders, the event will showcase the latest advancements in urological...

ERUS25 (22nd Meeting of the EAU Robotic Urology Section)

ERUS25 is Europe’s biggest event dedicated to robotic urology, a highly dynamic meeting that also offers the opportunity to meet colleagues in robotic urology from across the world. The programme of the meeting is focussed on practical instructions on robotic...

Essentials of Robotic Surgery

Essentials of Robotic Surgery is an ambitious attempt to educate the readership on the history and current applications of robotic surgery in today’s operating theatre. Aimed at primary care providers and other health care specialists, it provides an overview on...

Robotic Urology Fellowship at UCLH

In November 2014, approaching my final year of training (ST7) in the West of Scotland (WoS) and just recently armed with my FRCS (Urol), I was at a crossroad in my clinical career. I was keen to pursue a consultant...

The Lister Royal College of Surgeons of England / BAUS Accredited Robotic Urological Fellowship Programme

Robotic fellowship training in the UK – overview Robotic surgery has increased in popularity since its introduction in 2003. Its validation in a growing number of operative procedures has increased its acceptance nationwide and its usage is becoming widespread. Initial...

How to handle the opening market in robotic surgery

In the latest edition of European Urology, Thillou et al. present a groundbreaking case series comprising 10 instances of robotassisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) procedures conducted using the innovative Dexter robotic system by Distalmotion SA, Épalinges, Switzerland. This marks the maiden...

Cutting-edge or over-hyped? Evaluating the role of robotic surgery in the management of renal cell carcinoma

The quest for a minimally-invasive approach to major abdominal surgery finds its roots at the start of the previous century, when Georg Kelling first described the technique of ‘ceolioscopy’ to inspect intraabdominal organs in 1901 [1]. Since those early days,...

Robots

I­n this series of articles I am going to show you some of the exhibits contained in the BAUS Virtual Museum of the History of Urology which is part of the BAUS website (www.baus.org.uk). In the last four articles I...

An update on robotic surgery in urology

The early adoption of new technology has long been a trademark of urological surgeons. Like the introduction of the cystoscope, lasers and flexible endoscopy, the field of urology has witnessed a revolutionary transformation with the advent of robotic surgery. Robotic-assisted...

The Parnell Fund Bursary 2019

At the start of July 2019 applications for the Parnell Fund Bursary were opened to trainees, consultants and healthcare professionals across the United Kingdom with an interest in female, functional and neuro-urology. Rachel Barratt, who was awarded the Parnell Fund...

ERUS24 (EAU Robotic Urology Section) Meeting

ERUS24 is Europe’s biggest event dedicated to robotic urology, a highly dynamic meeting that also offers the opportunity to meet colleagues in robotic urology from across the world

Modern management of small renal masses

With the advent of widespread cross-sectional imaging there has been a surge in incidental detection of small renal masses (SRMs) and renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is now the seventh most common cancer in the UK. Whilst surgical excision for larger...