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From nursery rhyme to science

In this series of articles I am going to show you some of the exhibits contained in the BAUS Virtual Museum of the History of Urology which is part of the BAUS website (www.baus.org.uk). In the last two articles I...

Meeting in the middle: a review of the rendezvous technique to treat impassable ureteric strictures and transected ureters

Introduction Complex ureteric strictures present a significant challenge with some patients undergoing multiple separate urological and radiological procedures to try to cross a stricture without success. Cross-departmental collaboration with uroradiology may allow a decrease in the number of separate interventions....

HPV prevalence in invasive penile cancer and association with clinical outcome

Penile cancer risks can be increased by a number of causes such as smoking, phimosis, poor hygiene, multiple sexual partners and history of gential warts or other sexually transmitted diseases. It has been found that circumcised men have a lower...

RSM: Andrology update 2026: advances across benign and oncological practice

Why attend? Hear from leading experts including Professor Axel Heidenreich, Professor Robert Huddart, Professor Vaibhav Modgil and Professor Nicholas Watkin Gain updates on advances in erectile dysfunction management, Peyronie’s disease and other benign andrological conditions Gain an up-to-date understanding of...

BAUS 2022: Welcome to BAUS 2022. The return of face to face…

What a pleasure it is to write this welcome to the BAUS congress for 2022. The three years that have elapsed since we all met and celebrated together seem like an eternity and I’m sure we are relishing the chance...

The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh: Laparoscopic Skills in Emergency Surgery

Overview This one-day course will cover hands-on simulation looking at judgement and laparoscopic skills in relation to general surgical emergencies. It is an introduction to laparoscopic operating in emergency general surgery. It involves a close look at decision-making in difficult...

EAU Congress 2025

Annually, numerous healthcare professionals converge at the renowned EAU Congresses, and the upcoming 2025 edition promises to uphold this tradition. Anticipate an enriching four-day scientific agenda, featuring live surgeries, cutting-edge lectures, engaging case discussions, and thought-provoking debates.

Cutting-edge or over-hyped? Evaluating the role of robotic surgery in the management of renal cell carcinoma

The quest for a minimally-invasive approach to major abdominal surgery finds its roots at the start of the previous century, when Georg Kelling first described the technique of ‘ceolioscopy’ to inspect intraabdominal organs in 1901 [1]. Since those early days,...

How often are instruments changed in RALP & RAPN?

This study investigates how often the robotic instruments are exchanged during robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP) and robot-assisted partial nephrectomy (RAPN). They presently come with a life span of 10 uses but whether all instruments are used fully on 10 different...

Conference apps

With conference season soon starting I thought I would run through some of the apps I think would be useful for delegates attending a urology conference in the coming year. The conference app It is often useful to download the...

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Is antibiotic prophylaxis warranted in hypospadias repairs?

Hypospadias repair is a common paediatric urological procedure. Complication rates following hypospadias repair are variable (ranging from 5–10% for distal hypospadias repairs and as high as 32–70% for proximal repairs). Limiting surgical site infections by minimising infection through antibiotic prophylaxis...