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What is the role of evidence-based medicine in urology?

1 March 2016 | | URO - Basic Science Research
The concept of ‘evidence-based medicine’ (EBM) was first developed in the early 1990s and was described as “the conscientious, explicit and judicious use of the current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients” by the recently...

The aero-urethroscope

1 March 2017 | | 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 the last article I said I would write about another old urological...

Sir Eric Riches’s cystoscope

1 May 2018 | | URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology, 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 the last history article we came across Sir Henry Morris, former President...

A Revolution in your hands: Wellspect launch innovative new female catheter

26 April 2020 | Research & Development
Wellspect have been innovators in catheterisation since developing the world’s first hydrophilic catheter. Now the Swedish company look to revolutionise the way women learn and perform intermittent self-catheterisation (ISC).

TURP

1 March 2015 | | URO - Technology, URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology
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 article I told...

The urologist’s tale

8 November 2021 | | 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). The Canterbury Tales, written by Geoffrey Chaucer (c.1340’s-1400) in the 14th Century, is...

Introduction to virtual healthcare job interviews

17 March 2021 | | URO - Technology
What’s the best way to run a video job interview? Matthew Wu and Elliott Kozin provide some top tips – both for interviewer and interviewee. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has changed almost every aspect of society. For the foreseeable future,...

How to ace a podium presentation: top tips

8 January 2025 | | URO - Infection, URO - Neurourology, URO - Paediatric Urology, URO - Core Urology, URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology, URO - Technology, URO - Urologic Oncology, URO - Trauma & Emergency, URO - Uroradiology, URO - Endourology & Stones, URO - Basic Science Research, URO - Andrology
Does the thought of giving a presentation turn your legs to jelly? Would you love to share your work with your peers but can’t pluck up the courage? Then this article is for you. To help quell your nerves and...

So you want to go on a fellowship – part II: the research year

1 November 2016 | | URO - Core Urology
This article is the second in a three-part series which follows directly on from the first part which concentrated on the rationale for going on a fellowship, as well as some of the administrative hurdles you might face in planning...

Black men are more at risk from prostate cancer, but we won’t let it stay that way – an update from Prostate Cancer Research

4 May 2023 | | URO - Urologic Oncology
- CHARITY FOCUS - Focusing on all of disease characteristics, societal factors, and better communication gives us real potential to fix a disparity that has persisted for too long. When it comes to health inequity, the numbers are stark. Black...

Systematic reviews and meta-analysis – a stepwise approach

3 May 2024 | | URO - Andrology, URO - Basic Science Research, URO - Endourology & Stones, URO - Infection, URO - Neurourology, URO - Paediatric Urology, URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology, URO - Trauma & Emergency, URO - Urologic Oncology, URO - Uroradiology, URO - Technology
As per Cochrane definition (2013), a systematic literature review (SR) attempts “to identify, appraise and synthesize all the empirical evidence that meets pre-specified eligibility criteria to answer a given research question” [1]. A meta-analysis (MA) is a statistical assessment of...

Current developments and innovations of the WASHOUT study: A large-scale observational study of inpatient haematuria

8 January 2025 | | URO - Trauma & Emergency, URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology, URO - Infection
Unscheduled haematuria admissions ranks among the most common urological emergencies, yet its investigation and management still lack standardisation. The readmission rate for haematuria is substantial, with reports as high as 8%, and the median hospital stay for such cases in...