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Urology for Medical Students and Junior Doctors

3 March 2021 | | URO - Andrology, URO - Basic Science Research, URO - Endourology & Stones, URO - Infection, URO - Neurourology, URO - Paediatrics, URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology, URO - Technology, URO - Trauma & Emergency, URO - Urologic Oncology, URO - Uroradiology
This book is a fantastic resource for medical students and junior doctors. It provides a concise overview of common urological scenarios, covering topics that medical students and junior doctors are expected to be familiar with. The book presents key points...

Urologists and oncologists needed - help improve active surveillance conversations

10 August 2026 | Recruitment & Personnel
Targeting urologists and oncologists - for focus groups to be held after 31 July 2026 Do you support patients with low or intermediate-risk prostate cancer? Researchers from the University of Southampton are inviting urologists and oncologists to help refine an...

Rotterdam Prostate Cancer Risk app

1 July 2014 | | URO - Urologic Oncology, URO - Technology
The widespread use of prostate specific antigen (PSA) testing has led to diagnostic difficulties for patients and urologists. The sensitivity and specificity characteristics of PSA are far from optimal. To try and improve the predictive accuracy of PSA measurements, nomograms...

In conversation with Mary Garthwaite

30 August 2024 | URO - Core Urology
We were delighted to chat with Mary Garthwaite, former Consultant Urological Surgeon and Chair of The Urology Foundation, the UK’s only charity representing all urological cancers and conditions. Can you tell us a little bit about what led you into...

The aero-urethroscope

1 March 2017 | | 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 the last article I said I would write about another old urological...

Challenges of upper tract urothelial carcinoma

1 July 2022 | | URO - Urologic Oncology
Upper tract uroepithelial carcinoma (UTUC) is a fairly common disease which traditionally had poorer outcomes compared to bladder cancer. This is due to various factors leading to delayed diagnosis and problems in risk stratification. Continuing efforts have focused on early...

Physiotherapy first for pelvic floor dysfunction

1 September 2015 | | URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology, URO - Urologic Oncology
Physiotherapy should be included in first-line management options for pelvic organ prolapse and urinary incontinence in women [1,2]. Additionally, referral to physiotherapy is widely practised for the management of urinary incontinence in men, faecal incontinence, defecation disorders and various pelvic...

Opening up about incontinence

21 September 2021 | Research & Development
This year, the EAU’s Urology Week is shining the spotlight on incontinence because it is still a taboo subject, with many people struggling to talk to a health professional, partner or even a friend about it.

Demanding cases or nightmares in endourology? May/Jun 2016

1 May 2016 | | URO - Endourology & Stones
In the third article in this series the authors describe their experience with the very rare indications for laparoscopic stone surgery. Case 1 A 44-year-old woman presented with several months of malaise and right flank pain. A CT scan demonstrated...

Dr Glaucomflecken: Stayin’ Alive

1 November 2022 |
Peter Cackett spoke to ophthalmologist and social media sensation Dr Glaucomflecken about his early days in comedy, the role satire can play in impacting medical governance, and where he might take his brand of medical comedy next. It was towards...

Current developments and innovations of the WASHOUT study: A large-scale observational study of inpatient haematuria

8 January 2025 | | URO - Trauma & Emergency, URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology, URO - Infection
Unscheduled haematuria admissions ranks among the most common urological emergencies, yet its investigation and management still lack standardisation. The readmission rate for haematuria is substantial, with reports as high as 8%, and the median hospital stay for such cases in...

Bladder carcinoma MRI

1 September 2018 | | URO - Urologic Oncology, URO - Uroradiology
Bladder malignancy is one of the commonest malignancies of the renal tract, accounting for approximately 6% of male malignancy and 2% of female malignancy. The incidence increases with patient age with 70% of patients being over the age of 65...