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Prodromal period of Fournier’s gangrene

4 May 2023 | | URO - Infection
Necrotising soft tissue infections of the genitalia (NSTIG), commonly known as Fournier’s gangrene, is a rare but important surgical emergency associated with significant morbidity and mortality. It is estimated that every six hours of delay in surgical debridement leads to...

Sustainable healthcare: what steps can urologists take?

3 November 2022 |
Human health is intrinsically linked to environmental health, making the ever-pressing climate crisis fundamentally a public health emergency. The healthcare sector is responsible for 8% of the UK’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions worldwide [1]. As the largest publicly funded healthcare...

Quality Improvement – how to get involved?

1 November 2018 | | URO - Core Urology
The General Medical Council (GMC) requires all trainee doctors to carry out Quality Improvement (QI) as part of our annual appraisal process [1]. Exactly what QI projects are and how to get involved is less widely understood. Traditionally surgical trainees...

Interview with Miguel Aragon for Urology News

15 June 2026
- Sponsored Content - Continence health conditions affect a large portion of Europe’s population, with impacts at both the personal and societal level. Although urinary incontinence is very common, it remains an undertreated condition. During World Continence Week, we discussed...

Can dogs smell prostate cancer?

4 March 2025 | | URO - Urologic Oncology
For centuries we have known that man’s best friend has an exceptional sense of smell. ‘Sniffer’ dogs are found in a wide range of roles, including drug and explosive detection as part of airport security, helping emergency services locate survivors...

The management of renal calculi – Pt 1

1 March 2018 | | URO - Endourology & Stones
Renal calculi can be managed according to four treatment options: conservative management, extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy (ESWL), flexible ureterorenoscopy (FURS) and percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL). This is the first in a two-part series in Urology News (Part 2 available here) that will...

University of Birmingham and Nonacus win national award for pioneering at-home bladder cancer test

3 August 2026 | Urology News
University of Birmingham researchers and Birmingham cancer testing company Nonacus have won a national Medilink award for their work on GALEAS Bladder, a non-invasive urine test now being used by NHS patients. They received the Partnership between Academia and Business...

Urologist in the House!

2 March 2022 | | URO - Technology
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). This month, I am joined once again by Kassie Ball to discuss the...

Prostates at the OK Corral

11 July 2023 | | URO - Technology
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). In this article, we are looking at an American urologist whose story was,...

Reflections on 20 years as an Army Reserve doctor: live a life less ordinary

1 July 2015 | | URO - Andrology, URO - Basic Science Research, URO - Endourology & Stones, URO - Infection, URO - Neurourology, URO - Paediatrics, URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology, URO - Technology, URO - Trauma & Emergency, URO - Urologic Oncology, URO - Uroradiology
It seems a very short time ago that my predecessor recruited me into my regiment as a surgical senior house officer during a varicose vein operation in a cottage hospital in Stroud, informing me that I would be only the...

Sepsis syndrome in urology

1 November 2015 | | URO - Infection
There are approximately 100,000 cases of sepsis per year in the UK, of which 37,000 result in death (this is more than prostate cancer, breast cancer, HIV / AIDS and road traffic accidents combined). Urosepsis is defined as sepsis caused...

Artificial penile pearls: what every Urologist should know!

1 July 2019 | | URO - Andrology, URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology, URO - Infection, URO - Trauma & Emergency
Penile implants are inert objects placed beneath the skin of the penis through an incision. These are variously referred to as Yakuza beads, pearls, ball bearings, speed bumps, penile marbles, inserts, etc. The term ‘penile implant’ described here should not...