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COVID-19: cancer and corticosteroids

4 September 2020 | Arun K Sharma | URO - Covid-19, URO - Urologic Oncology

Under the prevailing COVID-19 crisis, this article is well worth reading. The current World Health Organization (WHO) guidance is not to start steroids in cancer cases, but there is no clear evidence of risks with steroids in cancer patients having...

Kidney stones in pregnancy

2 November 2023 | Heba Hamami, Jacob Patterson | URO - Endourology & Stones

Case 1 A 28-year-old female, 19 weeks pregnant, presents with severe left loin pain. There is no past medical history of note. Blood tests show a white cell count of 14.1x109/L and creatinine of 56umol/L. An ultrasound scan (USS) reports...

Initial impressions of urology in the UK from overseas trainees

3 September 2021 | Krishnendu Biswas, Hani Sayedin, Ahmad Khalifa, Gerald Rix, Stephen R Keoghane | URO - Core Urology

Readers of Urology News will be familiar with descriptions of overseas visits by UK-based urological trainees, but it is sometimes beneficial to reflect on the experience of international medical graduates (IMGs) who elect to come to work and train in...

Sperm selection techniques in assisted reproductive technologies: state of the ART?

4 May 2023 | Muhammad-Kabir Ali, Christopher C Khoo, Suks Minhas | URO - Andrology, URO - Technology

Infertility is the inability to achieve pregnancy following one year of regular, unprotected intercourse (in the fertile phase of the menstrual cycle). Infertility is a common problem that affects between 7 and 15% of couples worldwide, with male factor infertility...

Virtual and augmented reality in surgery

1 January 2018 | Sarah El-Badawy, Gerald Reddaway-Richards, Leigh Jackson | URO - Technology

Virtual reality (VR) is a three-dimensional, computer generated environment which can be accessed using a virtual reality headset, allowing individuals to immerse themselves in this virtual world. Augmented reality (AR) systems layer virtual information over a live camera feed into...

History of prostate biopsy – part 2

1 September 2018 | Shiv Kumar Pandian, Mohamed Hammadeh, Ben Challacombe, Oussama Elhage, Rick Popert, Sanjeev Madaan | URO - Basic Science Research, URO - Urologic Oncology, URO - Technology

For Part 1 of this topic is available here. The major limitations of the transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) guided prostate biopsy (PBx) protocols are the risk of profound sepsis and the risk of persistently significant false negative rates, related to the...

Students for Urology: a new national society aimed at improving undergraduate exposure

1 July 2021 | Syed Zaidi, Herman Fernando, Sofian Youssef | URO - Core Urology

As medical students, we were surprised at just how little urological content was taught at medical school. We received a basic education on how to manage urological infections, renal stones and urinary retention but nothing particularly inspiring was shared, nothing...

The bulbocavernosus reflex

6 January 2023 | Olushola Odusanya, Vaibhav Modgil, Ian Pearce | URO - Neurourology

Despite its first discovery predating the early-1940s, clinical application of the bulbocavernosus reflex (BCR) has been limited to date. The BCR traditionally involves contraction of the bulbo- and ischiocavernosus pelvic floor muscles, often referred to as the ‘bulbocavernosus muscle’, in...

Post-orgasmic illness syndrome

1 May 2017 | Arie Parnham | URO - Andrology

Introduction Disorders of ejaculation are a rare and poorly understood subsection of male sexual dysfunction. A paucity of evidence has hindered advances in definitions, epidemiology, pathophysiology and management. The licensing of a specific medication for premature ejaculation signalled the research...

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