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New charity launches to highlight urethral strictures – men’s silent epidemic

5 March 2025
A new charity, the Collaboration for Urological Research and Education (CURE), has today called for urgent action to address one of Britain’s biggest silent epidemics – urethral strictures. Launching Stricture Awareness Month (SAM) in March, CURE has called on healthcare...

BJUI Knowledge

1 July 2021 | | URO - Core Urology
BJUI Knowledge is an online educational platform for urologists. It enables e-learning and provides a record of continuing professional development (CPD). Access to the portal for e-learning and CPD is available online through the website (link below) or an accompanying...

Role of emergency ureteroscopy in the management of ureteric stones

1 November 2015 | | URO - Endourology & Stones, URO - Trauma & Emergency
Emergency ureteroscopy for all acute stone patients is not widespread in the UK but this is not the case elsewhere. In Auckland, New Zealand, it is commonly carried out in the emergency setting to reduce pressure on elective lists and...

Urinary biomarkers for surveillance of non-muscle invasive bladder cancer

1 May 2019 | | URO - Basic Science Research, URO - Urologic Oncology
Bladder cancer (BC) is the ninth most common cancer worldwide with a yearly incidence of approximately 430,000 cases. There is a male predominance and it is the seventh most common cancer in men worldwide [1]. Non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC)...

Recent developments in bladder cancer – NMIBC

3 May 2022 | | URO - Urologic Oncology
Every year, roughly 10,300 individuals are diagnosed with bladder cancer in the UK, making it the 11th most common cancer in the UK, and the eighth most common cancer in men [1]. Of those diagnosed with the disease, 75-85% will...

Testicular prostheses satisfaction

1 September 2018 | | URO - Andrology, URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology, URO - Urologic Oncology
This is a satisfaction survey in 40 patients who had underwent radical orchidectomy and had saline filled testicular prosthesis (TP) over a 3 year period in US, as the silicone implants are not in use since 1995 in US. No...

Management of calyceal diverticular stones using ultramini PCNL

1 January 2017 | | URO - Endourology & Stones
Calyceal diverticulae are congenital smooth-walled, non-secretory urothelium-lined cavities within the renal parenchyma that communicate with calyceal fornix through a diverticular neck. They were first described by Rayer in Traitements des maladies des reins [1]. Calculi occur in approximately 9.5% to...

A guided guide to the guide wire

6 May 2020 | | URO - Endourology & Stones, URO - Technology
The use of guide wires has become a core skill utilised by urologists, especially within the field of endourology. The authors take us through the development of the guide wire and their current use in urology. The history The first...

Urethroplasty: a review of indications, techniques and outcomes

1 March 2018 | | URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology
Urethral stricture is the most common cause of lower urinary tract obstruction in men aged between 20 and 40, carrying an estimated overall prevalence of 0.5% in the UK [1] and results in around 17,000 hospital admissions annually [2]. Endoscopic...

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...

Andrology (2016)

1 July 2016 | | URO - Andrology
Case 1 Image A. Image B. Who is the mythological figure depicted in image A and how does he relate to a urological emergency? Define priapism and list five causes. In the context of a patient presenting with priapism, what...

Theatre utilisation in urology theatres at a UK tertiary referral centre

1 September 2014 | | 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
Introduction The efficient use of operating theatres is important to ensure optimum cost-benefit for the hospital and to clear waiting lists. The key elements in the efficient use of operating theatres are: effective management and good communication, trained staff, appropriate...