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Prostatic fruit

2 May 2025 | | 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 topic for this month’s article was stimulated by two recent occurrences. The...

Prostate cancer series: diagnostics 2

4 March 2025 | | URO - Urologic Oncology, URO - Core Urology, URO - Uroradiology
- Click here for Part 1 - A 68-year-old male was referred to the two-week wait prostatic clinic with a serum prostate specific antigen (PSA) of 17. He had no bothersome lower urinary tract symptoms, relevant past medical history or...

Innovations in urology – OOPE for trainees

3 November 2022 | | URO - Technology
“Innovation is the ability to see change as an opportunity – not a threat” – Steve Jobs [1] The world is changing rapidly. Healthcare has seen a fast reform, especially as a consequence of COVID-19. Urology is a rapidly evolving...

Do not hesitate and start using the hashtag, #UroSoMe!

1 May 2019 | | URO - Technology
In recent years, the digitisation of scientific information has been astonishing and the use of social networks has been increasing worldwide. Social networks play a fundamental role in the dissemination of information and scientific knowledge in the field of urology...

Giggle incontinence – not a laughing matter!

4 May 2023 | | URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology
For many decades, the condition of giggle incontinence (enuresis risoria, giggle micturition) has remained a rare and poorly understood condition. Patients (90% female) present in their teens, with the history revealing an issue for many years. It is debilitating and...

Urology around the world: India: past, present, and future

23 January 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
Past India has the largest population in the world, standing at 1.43 billion as of September 2023. This vast population across a huge geographical area brings unique healthcare challenges, including the full range of urologic conditions. Urology is a relatively...

Seminal vesicle calculi

1 January 2016 | | URO - Uroradiology
Epidemiology Seminal vesicle calculi are uncommon with just over 100 cases being reported in the literature, although the true incidence is likely to be higher [1-9]. Patients usually present aged between 30 and 45 years old and although the pathogenesis...

The importance of active investigation and follow-up in bladder injury

11 July 2023 | | URO - Trauma & Emergency
Bladder injury (BI) is uncommon, and patients are typically managed by large multidisciplinary teams, dealing concomitantly with other injuries or diagnoses. BI can be categorised by cause (traumatic vs. iatrogenic) or anatomical location (intraperitoneal vs. extraperitoneal), requiring differing approaches to...

New drug hope for prostate cancer patients

16 January 2025
• Hormone therapy is used to slow the progression of advanced prostate cancer, but cancers often develop resistance and continue to grow.• Research reveals that patients with higher levels of heat shock proteins have worse outcomes.• Targeting these proteins with...

Prostate cancer management 2 – metastatic disease

2 July 2025 | | URO - Urologic Oncology, URO - Core Urology, URO - Uroradiology
A 72-year-old gentleman is referred to you in the two-week wait clinic with a prostate specific antigen (PSA) of 22ug/L. He is otherwise fit and well and does not take any regular medication. His multi-parametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) shows...

New study shows UK may finally be ready for prostate cancer screening

27 February 2023 | URO - Urologic Oncology
Prostate Cancer UK study shows tens of thousands fewer men each year face unnecessary harm thanks to new screening techniques. New research by Prostate Cancer UK shows that the UK may finally be in a position to roll out a...

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,...