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Pelviva® has teamed up with talkhealth, Bladder & Bowel UK, ERIC, The Urology Foundation and Wellbeing for Women to present an Online Clinic on Bladder Issues

11 June 2019 | Research & Development
Pioneering medical device Pelviva, treating bladder leakage in women – the single largest condition in female health has teamed up with talkhealth, Bladder & Bowel UK, ERIC, The Urology Foundation and Wellbeing for...

An interview with ChatGPT (3.5)

4 May 2023 | | URO - Technology
For this month’s Digital Review I explored the hype surrounding Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer (GPT) from Open AI. The free version is still available at https://chat.openai.com/chat (ChatGPT 3.5) and was used in this article. At the time of writing this...

Cutting-edge or over-hyped? Evaluating the role of robotic surgery in the management of renal cell carcinoma

3 May 2024 | | URO - Urologic Oncology
The quest for a minimally-invasive approach to major abdominal surgery finds its roots at the start of the previous century, when Georg Kelling first described the technique of ‘ceolioscopy’ to inspect intraabdominal organs in 1901 [1]. Since those early days,...
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Cystolithotripsy using the holmium laser: evolving uses for the laser lithotrite

1 September 2015 | | URO - Basic Science Research, URO - Endourology & Stones
This small prospective study examined 20 patients who were undergoing laser cystolithotripsy for bladder stones. Laser lithotripsy was performed using either a 365 or 550µm holmium:YAG laser fibre with a power setting of 1.0J and a frequency of 10Hz. Stone...

The role of PET-CT imaging in prostate cancer

4 October 2021 | | URO - Urologic Oncology
Prostate cancer (PCa) is the second most common cancer in the UK, with 43,000 cases in 2017-18 [1,2]. Accurate primary staging and the detection of suspected recurrence following treatment is vital for directing management and predicting prognosis. This has conventionally...

IURES2026 Congress

15 October 2026 -18 October 2026
Leading scientists from around the world will honour us, and our multidisciplinary international sessions, poster presentations, and academic presentations will both broaden our scientific vision and offer valuable networking opportunities. Here, you will experience an atmosphere focused solely on science...

BUI (Bristol Urological Institute) Basic Urodynamics Course

9 September 2025 -10 September 2025
The course covers the theory of urodynamics and offers some hands on sessions with urodynamic equipment and the urodynamic staff.  Intended delegates: doctors, nurses, technicians and/or anyone allied to urodynamics who have little or no urodynamic experience.

EUSC (Emirates Urological Society) Conference

4 October 2024 -6 October 2024
EUSC 2024 Scientific Committee presents to you education content from cutting-edge research to clinical best practices, the program will be curated to provide a comprehensive and enriching experience for all including Plenary Sessions, Workshops and Courses, Abstracts Sessions, Video Presentations, Live Surgery Sessions and many more.

Recent developments in bladder cancer – NMIBC

3 May 2022 | | URO - Urologic Oncology
Every year, roughly 10,300 individuals are diagnosed with bladder cancer in the UK, making it the 11th most common cancer in the UK, and the eighth most common cancer in men [1]. Of those diagnosed with the disease, 75-85% will...

The surgical trainer – are we still evolving?

1 September 2016 | | URO - Andrology, URO - Basic Science Research, URO - Endourology & Stones, URO - Infection, URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology, URO - Neurourology, URO - Paediatrics, URO - Trauma & Emergency, URO - Urologic Oncology, URO - Uroradiology, URO - Technology
“We need a system and we will surely have it – which will produce not only surgeons, but surgeons of the highest type” William Halsted MD William Halsted, a famous American surgeon, is widely credited with developing the first formal...

Malcolm Coptcoat Prize - The Urology Foundation: patient experience in urology

11 March 2027
Why attend? Hear from the Medical Director of Health in Justice, on prison medicine and caring for under-represented groups Explore six shortlisted innovation and transformation projects that have improved patient experience in urology Learn how successful initiatives were developed, implemented...

Burnout – a personal story

7 January 2026 | | URO - Core Urology
My name is Michael, and I am a urology ST5 registrar based in the West Midlands. Growing up in a Far East Asian household, I watched my father, a gynaecologist, and my mother, a parasitologist, devote countless hours to their...