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A new treatment for genitourinary syndrome of menopause

6 June 2019 | Research & Development

Genitourinary syndrome of menopause (GSM) [1] is defined as a collection of symptoms and signs mainly associated with the progressive decrease in oestrogen levels. The lack of hormones, usually produced by the ovaries in fertile age, may lead to genital symptoms...

Paediatric urology: what you need to know for FRCS (Urol)

4 March 2025 | Lianne Pickett, Neetu Kumar | URO - Paediatrics

Lianne Pickett, Urology ST5 at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), and Ms Neetu Kumar, Consultant Paediatric Urological Surgeon at GOSH, provide expert insights into the key aspects of paediatric urology. Curriculum Paediatric urology contributes one of the eight stations of...

Getting it Right First Time in urology: the implementation phase

1 January 2019 | Simon Harrison | URO - Andrology, URO - Basic Science Research, URO - Endourology & Stones, URO - Infection, URO - Neurourology, URO - Paediatrics, URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology, URO - Trauma & Emergency, URO - Urologic Oncology, URO - Uroradiology, URO - Technology

The Getting it Right First Time (GIRFT) programme is the largest and most comprehensive initiative to improve the quality and efficiency of individual clinical services that the NHS has ever instigated. The programme falls under the auspices of NHS Improvement...

Can transcutaneous peroneal nerve stimulation treat OAB?

13 December 2023 | Jay Khastgir | URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology, URO - Infection

The peroneal nerve follows sacral, pudendal, and tibial nerves as a target for overactive bladder (OAB) treatment. This multicentre prospective randomised RCT compared a transcutaneous electrical neuromodulation system (eTNM) at-home treatment once daily for 30 minutes to solifenacin 5mg once...

Nocturia – the Cinderella of lower urinary tract symptoms

1 March 2014 | Tim Lane | URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology

Nocturia is defined as waking during the night (at least once) to urinate. The important part of the definition relates to the necessity of sleep to precede the episode (although whether sleep must follow the episode is less clear). The...

Endoscopic management of upper tract urothelial carcinoma

1 January 2014 | Miles Goldstraw, Eleanor Ray, Susie Longhorn, Timothy Philp, Simon Choong, Daron Smith | URO - Urologic Oncology

Upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) is a rare disease accounting for 5-10% of all urothelial carcinomas and has an annual incidence in Western countries of 1-2 per 100,000 [1,2]. It occurs more commonly in the pelvicalyceal system as opposed to...

Erectile dysfunction part II: treatment

1 May 2014 | Asif Muneer, Jas Kalsi, David J Ralph | URO - Andrology

Introduction The identification of specific risk factors associated with erectile dysfunction (ED) allows patients with mild or moderate ED to undergo a series of lifestyle changes, which may provide enough improvement in the erectile function to avoid pharmacotherapies. Cessation of...

MRI screening for prostate cancer: a step towards a ‘prostagram’

7 January 2020 | David Eldred-Evans, Mathias Winkler, Hashim U Ahmed (Prof) | URO - Urologic Oncology, URO - Technology

The UK National Screening Committee has been calling for further research into alternative screening tests for prostate cancer. The committee decided against prostate cancer screening using prostate specific antigen (PSA) testing on the basis that “PSA is still a poor...

Renal masses

2 March 2022 | Robin Shepherd, Muhammad Elmussareh | URO - Urologic Oncology

Case 1 A 70-year-old female presented under the medical team with malaise, weight loss, and deranged liver function tests (LFTs) and calcium (ALP 350, GGT 650, Serum bilirubin 29, normal aminotransferases, Ca 3.3). An abdominal ultrasound scan (USS) was performed...

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