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Bladder cancer: where are we with intravesical therapies?

1 July 2016 | | URO - Urologic Oncology
In the United Kingdom, almost 10,500 new cases of bladder cancer were identified in 2013, with over 5000 deaths in 2012 [1]. Seventy percent of new cases will be non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) at diagnosis and therefore will be...

The role of transperineal template biopsies in the diagnosis of prostate cancer

1 March 2014 | | URO - Urologic Oncology
The case In 2002, Mr A, a 64-year-old software engineer, was referred by his GP for further investigation of a raised prostate specific antigen (PSA) of 6.2. His prostate felt benign. He underwent transrectal ultrasound guided (TRUS) prostate biopsies. This...

A Core Trainee’s Guide to Preparing for a Career in Urology

1 March 2014 | | URO - Core Urology
National Selection pits the best of the UK’s core surgical trainees (sorry – that includes EEC countries as well) against each other in a process that determines who is allowed to proceed into higher surgical training. For the successful, it...

How do we tackle social injustice in urological cancer?

2 December 2024 | | URO - Urologic Oncology
Socioeconomic status as an established determinant of health and associated injustices is well recognised. Confronting these injustices and creating a fairer healthcare system is an ongoing challenge for many governments. In Scotland, the devolved government has created the Scottish Index...

An overview of non-surgical treatment options for Peyronie’s disease

3 May 2022 |
Peyronie’s disease (PD) is a therapeutic challenge despite the availability of several non-surgical and surgical options. Very few of these options are supported by good quality evidence according to the current American and European guidelines [1-3]. The period of plaque...

Ejaculatory dysfunction: a review of current practice and guidelines

1 January 2015 | | URO - Andrology
Introduction The ejaculatory process is paramount to procreation in nature. It is a complex orchestration of physiology that results in emission of the ejaculate into the posterior urethra followed by ejection of those fluids from the urethra and orgasm. The...

Help to handle increased volumes of urethral catheterisations safely

22 April 2020 | Contracts & Distributors
With urethral catheterisation volumes currently considerably increased, we are pleased to be able to announce that NHS Supply Chain is now listing the...

BJUI Knowledge

1 May 2016
BJUI Knowledge is a new online educational platform for urologists. It combines online Continuing Professional Development (CPD) through e-learning, with a platform for recording CPD activity. It was released in February 2016 and is free to access and use for...

Penile fracture

1 May 2018 | | URO - Uroradiology, URO - Trauma & Emergency, URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology
Traumatic rupture of the tunica albuginea with either one or both corpora cavernosa of the penis is known as penile fracture. This may be associated with corpus spongiosum or urethral injury. Incidence Penile fracture was reported for the first time...

Surgical risk prediction

1 November 2017 | | URO - Technology
Patients presenting for urological surgery range from the young and fit to the elderly with multiple, and often significant, coexistent diseases. This latter cohort can present a significant challenge in the perioperative period, sometimes irrespective of the type of surgery....

Personal productivity tools

1 March 2015 | | URO - Technology
We live in an interconnected world that is constantly striving for a share of our attention. Smartphones, tablets and wearable computers are always by our sides, with procrastination and distractions only ever one touch away. A survey by TecMark in...

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...