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Rethinking stone-free rates and surgical outcomes in endourology

6 November 2024 | | URO - Endourology & Stones
Retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS) and percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) are two key minimally invasive treatments for kidney stones in both adults and children. The success of these procedures is primarily measured by two factors: (1) the absence of complications and (2)...

Male infertility?

18 June 2021 | Research & Development
Diagnose Sperm Oxidative Stress, a major cause of male infertility, using MiOXSYS™

Conference apps

1 March 2018 | | URO - Technology
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...

Diving into unfamiliar water – volunteering in critical care

28 January 2021 | | URO - Core Urology, URO - Trauma & Emergency
On the 14th and 15th floor of The Royal London Hospital lay rows of patients infected with COVID-19 battling for their lives at The Queen Elizabeth unit. In response to the pandemic, the hospital rapidly expanded their critical care facility...

Shared decision-making – minimising the mismatch

3 May 2024 | | URO - Andrology, URO - Basic Science Research, URO - Endourology & Stones, URO - Infection, URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology, URO - Neurourology, URO - Paediatric Urology, URO - Trauma & Emergency, URO - Urologic Oncology, URO - Uroradiology
In Western countries, we are spoilt for choice in almost every aspect of our lives, but does that reflect also in healthcare? While we have taken some big strides towards shared decision-making with our patients, the age-old physician dominance remains...

Is laparoscopic urological training in Sub-Saharan Africa a goal worth pursuing? Observations from my experience with IVUmed in Senegal

1 September 2019 | | URO - Endourology & Stones, URO - Technology
Laparoscopic surgery has developed at an unimaginable pace over the last three decades. The first laparoscopic cholecystectomy was performed by Dr Phillip Mouret in France in 1987, with the first series of 63 cases published in 1989 [1]. However, its...

In conversation with James Green

3 October 2023 | URO - Core Urology
We were delighted to catch up with James Green, Consultant Urological Surgeon and new President of the Royal Society of Medicine Section of Urology. Can you tell us a little bit about what led you into the field of urology...

The pioneer women in British urology

5 January 2022 | | URO - Core Urology
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). This month, I am joined by Kassie Ball, a urology trainee, who approached...

Keeping your eye on the ball: atypical presentations of testicular malignancy

4 March 2025 | | URO - Urologic Oncology
Most testicular cancers present with a painless lump on the testes, and most are confidently diagnosed on examination and ultrasound. They have an excellent prognosis, with 90% patients alive at 10 years [1]. However, advanced testicular cancer, or those with...

So you want to go on a fellowship – part II: the research year

1 November 2016 | | URO - Core Urology
This article is the second in a three-part series which follows directly on from the first part which concentrated on the rationale for going on a fellowship, as well as some of the administrative hurdles you might face in planning...

The Lester Eshleman Urology Workshop (Tanzania): a trainee’s perspective

1 May 2014 | | URO - Core Urology
For many trainees a period abroad is increasingly an essential supplement to higher surgical training in the UK. However, for many, because of family responsibilities or financial imperatives, this is not always a viable option. There are however alternatives. Here...

Bladder cancer – an overshadowed ‘volcano’

1 May 2015 | | URO - Urologic Oncology
Bladder cancer has often been overshadowed by the limelight of prostate cancer. However, of all the urological cancers, bladder cancer is the only one which has shown a slight decline in age-standardised five-year survival rates over the last couple of...