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Urology News readers can save 10% on ACP Conference registration

The Association for Continence Professionals Annual Conference and Networking Exhibition takes place 11 – 12 May, and the Association understand that rising costs and sector-wide pressures can make attending conferences challenging. Therefore, to help support attendance at this year’s conference...

Vaginal Prolapse and Fitting Ring Pessaries (Online)

As women are now living longer, genital prolapse is becoming an ever-increasing problem. Healthcare Professionals working in Primary/Secondary Care settings are fitting and changing vaginal (ring) pessaries on a frequent basis. This half day session aims to provide healthcare workers...

Vaginal Prolapse and Fitting Ring Pessaries (Sept)

As women are now living longer, genital prolapse is becoming an ever-increasing problem. Healthcare Professionals working in Primary/Secondary Care settings are fitting and changing vaginal (ring) pessaries on a frequent basis. This half day session aims to provide healthcare workers...

Nominations Open for the Action Bladder Cancer UK Nurse of the Year Award 2026

Action Bladder Cancer UK is inviting nominations for its Nurse of the Year Award 2026, recognising the outstanding contribution of nurses who support people affected by bladder cancer. Do you know a nurse who has gone above and beyond? They...

Vaginal Prolapse and Fitting Ring Pessaries

As women are now living longer, genital prolapse is becoming an ever-increasing problem. Healthcare Professionals working in Primary/Secondary Care settings are fitting and changing vaginal (ring) pessaries on a frequent basis. This half day session aims to provide healthcare workers...

BAUN Day Summer Educational Event 2025

Attend the BAUN Day Educational Event on the 6th of June. The day incorporates an educational study day and the national BAUN Day - A Day to Celebrate Urology Nurses! If you are early in your urological nursing career, the...

Demanding cases or nightmares in endourology? Sep/Oct 2015

One of the most interesting aspects of attending international meetings is the rare but invaluable, honest presentation of complex cases. We aim to present the readers with some complex and challenging ongoing cases in endourology. Case 1 A general practitioner...

In conversation with Tamsin Greenwell

We were delighted to chat with Tamsin Greenwell, Consultant Urological Surgeon at University College London Hospital and Chair of the United Kingdom Continence Society. Can you tell us a little bit about what attracted you to the field of urology...

Renal fossa recurrence after nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma

This paper is an analysis of 36 years of radical nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma in the Mayo Clinic (1970-2006). In particular, it contains an analysis of the risk of renal fossa recurrence after nephrectomy (partial nephrectomies are not included)...

A new treatment algorithm for ureteral fibroepithelial polyps in children

Fibroepithelial polyps are rare in the urinary tract (found in 0.5% of all paediatric pyeloplasties and 5% of all cases of paediatric ureteral obstruction). The advent of ureteroscopy in paediatrics has increased the identification and treatment of these. This paper...

MRU for diagnosis of paediatric ureteral stricture

Hydronephrosis is diagnosed antenatally in approximately 1-5% of all pregnancies. A rare cause is ureteral stricture, found in 4% of these cases. This study reports a series of 28 strictures diagnosed over a 10-year period by magnetic resonance urography (MRU)...

Urachal anomalies in children: surgical or conservative treatment?

Urachal anomalies are rare with an incidence of 1:5000-8000 live births. There is still some controversy as to whether to treat them expectantly or surgically with published reports describing malignant changes in adulthood. These authors describe their retrospective series of...