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Sepsis – still a dilemma

4 March 2025 | | URO - Infection
Thousands of people die each year in the UK and worldwide due to types of sepsis, including urosepsis. Urologists are facing this scenario day in day out, so this is a vital article for every reader. We are all familiar...

Hail the Portfolio Pathway!

3 May 2024 | | URO - Core Urology
In the United Kingdom, the pursuit of a surgical career traditionally follows a conventional pathway, primarily through the completion of specialty programmes accredited by the Royal College of Surgeons or the Intercollegiate Surgical Curriculum Programme (ISCP). However, for doctors with...

Remote working: what can health professionals learn from business?

5 February 2021 | | URO - Core Urology, URO - Technology
Remote working has been widely used in business for many years but before COVID-19, this was not the case within healthcare settings. This article seeks to review the advantages, challenges and solutions which users of remote working in business have...

Robotic assisted perineal prostatectomy: descriptive technique of the inaugural case in the UK

1 January 2019 | | URO - Urologic Oncology, URO - Technology
Robotic surgery has taken full flight in the USA since its start in 2000 [1] and is replacing procedures where open surgical techniques were solely employed. While this technology is met with criticism over the costs, the superiority of robotic...

ICS updates on continence care: making sense of detrusor underactivity and the underactive bladder

1 July 2016 | | URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology
Countless epidemiological studies have established the frequent occurrence of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) and the significant burden these symptoms incur. For the most part of the past three decades, there has been an overwhelming focus on detrusor overactivity (DO)...

What to expect when meeting a statistician

1 May 2015 | | URO - Andrology, URO - Basic Science Research, URO - Endourology & Stones, URO - Infection, URO - Neurourology, URO - Paediatric Urology, URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology, URO - Technology, URO - Trauma & Emergency, URO - Urologic Oncology, URO - Uroradiology
There are a growing number of statisticians working closely with medics from all specialties. They have different training but they are driven by the same goal: to perform high quality evidence-based clinical research [1,2]. In a perfect world we would...

USANZ Trainee Week 2022 – a trip down under

11 July 2023 | | URO - Core Urology
The BAUS Section of Trainees (BSoT) opened applications for two senior UK urology trainees to be sponsored to attend the annual Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand (USANZ) Trainee Week, in Melbourne. The week is held in November each...

Mobile e-logbook app

1 September 2014 | | URO - Technology
Maintaining a record of operations in a surgical logbook has long been part of surgical training and governance. For trainees, it is an essential part of assessments. For consultants, maintaining a logbook is not essential, however, a review of clinical...

Clear cell urothelial carcinoma: a highly aggressive morphological variant in the bladder and upper urinary tract

2 November 2023 | | URO - Urologic Oncology
Clear cell urothelial carcinoma (CCUC) is a rare morphological variant of transitional cell carcinoma (TCC). It can occur anywhere along the urothelial tract and is characterised histologically by high grade carcinoma with an abundance of clear, glycogen-rich cytoplasm [1]. Alternative...

Medical statistics for urologists: part 2 – probability and hypothesis testing

2 March 2022 |
Following on from Part 1 of this series (Part 3 available here), this article aims to build on other analytical techniques commonly used within medical research, focusing on simple examples. Probability and testing Before exploring hypothesis testing, it is vital...

Laborie: Introduction to Urodynamics for Urogynaecology Nurses Course

6 November 2024
9:30am - 4pm GMT Course Chair: Kirsty Wyatt - Clinical Nurse Specialist, Cleveland Clinic, London. This is the third Introduction to Urodynamics course for Urogynaecology Nurses, offering an invaluable day of education and practical work. Course Highlights: - Urodynamics - Uroflowmetry - Communication - Trace interpretation - Practical skills Cost: £35

BUI (Bristol Urological Institute) Consolidation Urodynamics Course

9 December 2024
This is a one day course and will be run face to face at Southmead Hospital, Bristol. The course reviews urodynamics (UDS) quality and trace interpretation based on patient cases, and gives updates on urodynamic practice. Intended delegates: doctors, nurses and/or technicians who have previously attended a Bristol or other ‘approved’ urodynamic course, and who would like a refresher course. Delegates will be encouraged to submit their own urodynamic traces for discussion.