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How to organise a urology taster week as a foundation trainee

5 November 2019 | | URO - Core Urology
Current exposure to urology in medical undergraduate curriculums is relatively sparse in comparison to the other surgical specialties with one study reporting just 42% of students having a compulsory attachment. These attachments were an average length of just one week...

Bladder cancer

5 November 2019 | URO - Urologic Oncology
Case 1 A 78-year-old female presents with a week history of painless haematuria. She’s a smoker and used to work in the textiles industry. She underwent a flexible cystoscopy. What does this image show? What are the two-week wait National...

Partial segmental thrombosis of the corpus cavernosum

1 May 2016 | | URO - Andrology
Epidemiology Partial segmental thrombosis of the corpus cavernosum (PSTCC) is a rare condition and usually presents in young men. Approximately 56 cases have been reported in 34 publications since 1976, when the first two cases were described [1,2]. The mean...

A guide for the assessment and management of post-obstructive diuresis

1 March 2015 | | URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology
Acute urinary retention is a common condition encountered in the emergency situation and is initially managed by urethral catheterisation. This is often performed by nursing staff or junior doctors. Post-obstructive diuresis (POD) is a specific entity which may occur post...

Urology ST3 interview update and top tips

6 January 2023 | URO - Andrology, URO - Basic Science Research, URO - Endourology & Stones, URO - Infection, URO - Neurourology, URO - Paediatrics, URO - Core Urology, URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology, URO - Technology, URO - Trauma & Emergency, URO - Urologic Oncology, URO - Uroradiology
This article, written by a Urology ST3 from the West of Scotland Deanery, aims to give the reader an insight into the ST3 interview process along with some helpful hints for those about to undertake the challenge. The aims of...

Ambulatory local anaesthetic implantation of percutaneous sacral nerve stimulators

11 July 2023 | | URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology
Background The current treatment paradigm for detrusor overactivity (DO) and dysfunctional voiding (DV) includes conservative measures, pharmacotherapy, intravesical onabotulinum toxin A (Botox®), sacral nerve modulation (SNM / SNS) and urinary diversion as a last resort [1]. Incidence of DO is...

Does empowering men on active surveillance for prostate cancer improve patient compliance and reduce conversion to treatment?

4 November 2025 | | URO - Core Urology, URO - Urologic Oncology
Active surveillance is a major treatment option for patients with favourable prognosis prostate cancer, such as those regarded as Cambridge Prognostic Group (CPG) 1 and 2 [1]. The rationale for this management strategy is the lack of survival benefit from...

A laboratory in your pocket

7 January 2026 | | URO - Technology
In this series of articles, I show you some of the exhibits contained in the Museum of Urology, hosted on the BAUS website (www.baus.org.uk) and in this one I am joined by Mary Garthwaite, retired urologist and Chair of The...

Technology – Part 2

1 November 2014 | | URO - Andrology, URO - Basic Science Research, URO - Endourology & Stones, URO - Infection, URO - Neurourology, URO - Paediatrics, URO - Core Urology, URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology, URO - Technology, URO - Trauma & Emergency, URO - Urologic Oncology, URO - Uroradiology
Case 1 Name the machine shown in the picture and describe how it works. What is the standard frequency of ultrasound waves in this machine? What frequency of ultrasound waves are utilised in an abdominal and scrotal ultrasound? Case 2...

Urinary tract stones

9 March 2020 | URO - Endourology & Stones
Case 1 What does this plain X-ray of kidneys, ureters and bladder (KUB) show? What, according to the 2009 The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines, is the most appropriate first-line treatment? What factors do the NICE...

Flexible cystoscopy

1 November 2015 | | URO - Core Urology
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 told you about Jonathan Goddard, a C17th doctor...

The Malcolm Coptcoat Travelling Fellowship Award

6 December 2022
The Urology Foundation and The Malcolm Coptcoat Trust are pleased to announce the creation of The Malcolm Coptcoat Travelling Fellowship. The annual Fellowship will support travel to international centres of excellence for a period of four to six weeks to...