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Hypospadias – can urologists achieve the unachievable?

4 September 2020 | | URO - Paediatrics
US News & World Report (USNWR) provide rankings on a wide range of topics (education, health, money, travel, cars and law firms). In terms of healthcare, they suggest that their rankings (based on metrics) are a tool that can help...
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Long-term complications of bulking agents in the treatment of SUI

4 July 2024 | | URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology, URO - Infection
Incontinence poses a substantial economic burden on the UK’s NHS, estimated at £536 million in 1999/2000, equivalent to approximately 1.1% of the total NHS spend, for both men and women. Over two decades later, this cost is expected to have...
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Keep it simple: a proposal for a new definition of uncomplicated and complicated UTIs

8 January 2025 | | URO - Infection
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are one of the most common bacterial infections in both community and healthcare settings, leading to frequent antibiotic use. They range widely in severity, from mild cases like cystitis to severe, potentially life-threatening conditions such as...
European Urology journal front cover.

How to handle the opening market in robotic surgery

8 January 2025 | | URO - Urologic Oncology
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...

TechRing transforms men's sexual health management

12 November 2024 | Company Profiles, Research & Development
In the realm of urology, the diagnosis and treatment of erectile dysfunction (ED) have long relied on subjective assessments, which can lead to mismanagement of patient care. FirmTech's innovative device, the TechRing, aims to revolutionise this practice by providing urologists...

New CPD Course Advances LATP Biopsy Skills for Clinicians

9 May 2025 | Company Profiles, Research & Development
Mermaid Medical, in collaboration with Fujifilm, recently delivered the first session of a new CPD-accredited training course focused on Local Anaesthetic Transperineal Prostate (LATP) biopsy procedures. Hosted at the advanced Fujifilm House in Bedford, the workshop welcomed healthcare professionals for...

New analysis by Prostate Cancer UK uncovers inequalities in mortality and refutes prevailing beliefs

13 November 2025
Prostate cancer mortality rates continue to be higher in Black men than white men, latest analysis reports. The disparity persists across all levels of deprivation, challenging beliefs that socioeconomic differences alone explain ethnic differences in outcomes. Even in the least...

BAUS Annual Scientific Meeting 2023

19 June 2023 -21 June 2023
Day 1 Highlights by: Omer Abdalla, Urology ST6 - Wirral University Teaching Hospitals, Mersey BSoT Trainee's rep (@Omer_Uro1). BAUS 2023 began last night with a wonderful welcome reception at the Birmingham Library, where urologists from throughout the UK met again,...

The Parnell Fund Bursary 2019

1 July 2019 | | URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology
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...

The transition from surgeon to manager during the COVID-19 response

7 July 2020 | | URO - Core Urology
Writing this article on the first Sunday in May, when in any other year, I would be wearing my bowler hat in Hyde Park for the annual Cavalry Memorial Parade, a time ‘pre-COVID’ does seem a very distant memory. Having...

REPORT: Urology News Patient Engagement Evenings

6 November 2020 |
Towards the end of 2019 the team at Urology News began making plans for our first event. An educational study day focusing on how to improve patient engagement in urology was to be held in Edinburgh at the end of...

Frequency-volume chart apps for nocturia: keeping urologists up at night

5 January 2022 | | URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology, URO - Technology
Background Nocturia is a bothersome symptom and the leading cause of disturbed sleep in adults. It is extremely common, with 55% of men and 60% of women aged 50 waking at least once in the night, with a further 20%...