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Vitamin D and LUTS

14 April 2021 | | URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology
Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) and vitamin D deficiency have been thought to be connected, but the association has been inconsistent. Vitamin D receptors have been identified in the bladder, prostate and pelvic floor muscles, and it has been linked...
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Fear and frustration among women with recurrent UTIs

5 January 2022 | | URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology, URO - Infection
The risk of a women developing a urinary tract infection in her lifetime is over 50%, approximately 25% of which become recurrent (rUTIs). This study examined the viewpoints of women with rUTIs through six focus groups at a tertiary centre...
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Standard versus expanded cultures to diagnose UTIs in women

5 January 2022 | | URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology, URO - Infection
Clinicians are well aware of the limitations of the so-called Kass criteria applied to standard urine culture (SUC) techniques as well as the limitations of empiric antibiotic prescribing for symptoms that are known to overlap with chronic conditions such as...
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SWL for renal stones – a new index

4 May 2023 | | URO - Endourology & Stones
Shockwave lithotripsy (SWL) treatment is a common, non-invasive urology procedure used for kidney stones nearly every day throughout the UK. In this study the team evaluated factors affecting treatment success of SWL treatment. The prospective data were collected from 2013...

We are CPT accredited! C&G Medicare launching Pelvic Angel Training!

2 September 2020 | Research & Development
Pelvic health is essential for everyone to be able to live a good quality of life, without incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse and other complications deriving from poor pelvic floor stability.

SIU 2024 B2B GU Cancers Triad Meeting Proceedings

5 March 2025 | Company Profiles, Research & Development
You can now access the SIU 2024 B2B GU Cancers Triad proceedings, published as a supplement to the February issue of SIUJ. Review the latest updates on bladder, kidney and prostate cancers that were presented by expert faculty. Access the...

The best stone man north of the border

4 July 2024 | | 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 1860, Sir Henry Thompson (1820–1904), the famous 19th century English surgeon and...

Urology in the Ancient Arab World

3 May 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). For May/June, urology trainee Bushra Abdelqader is helping me to delve into that...

Infections and inflammation: Part 3

1 May 2019 | URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology, URO - Infection, URO - Andrology, URO - Trauma & Emergency
See also Part 1 and Part 2 Case 1 You review a man in the Emergency Department with scrotal pain and sepsis. His clinical examination findings are shown. What does this image show? Who was this condition named after? What...

Still Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) in urology: meeting the challenges presented by COVID-19

3 May 2022 |
Back in 2019, Simon Harrison – the then sole national lead for the urology workstream in the Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) programme – wrote an article for Urology News on the GIRFT national report and how its recommendations...

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...

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...