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The process of medical innovation – evolving trends and future perspectives
In 2018 the United Kingdom Government spending on healthcare totalled almost £166 billion. Of this approximately 65% was attributed to providing curative or rehabilitation therapy, with health-related long-term care and provision of goods accounting for 25%. The remaining was accredited...Intravesical glycosaminoglycan analogue instillations for recurrent cystitis
Introduction The symptoms of recurrent cystitis can be triggered by inflammatory or infective causes. Bladder pain syndrome (BPS) and bacterial recurrent lower urinary tract infection can both present with symptoms of recurrent cystitis and cause significant morbidity in affected individuals....From body snatchers to conservative surgery: the life of Sir William Fergusson
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). I’ve only recently paid full attention to Sir William Fergusson (1808-1877). He was...What to expect when meeting a statistician
There are a growing number of statisticians working closely with medics from all specialties. They have different training but they are driven by the same goal: to perform high quality evidence-based clinical research [1,2]. In a perfect world we would...Establishing a new TPPBx service during the COVID-19 pandemic
COVID-19 had a major impact on our hospital services from early in the pandemic, with almost three times as many patients being ventilated compared to the normal ITU capacity at the beginning of April. During the build-up to this point,...Developing a risk calculator to predict cancer in patients with haematuria: The IDENTIFY Study
Patients with haematuria require investigations to rule out urinary tract cancer. We know that the most common cancer found during these investigations is bladder cancer, whereas upper tract cancers such as renal cell carcinoma and upper urinary tract urothelial cancer...British VC to Nazi SS – the story of a cystoscope
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). Part of the joy of studying the history of urology is the detective...Demanding cases or nightmares in uro-oncology? Jan/Feb 2023
Radical surgical treatment of prostate cancer has become minimally invasive owing to robotic assisted laparoscopic technology [1]. Patients who undergo robotic assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) often have lower risk of morbidity compared to an open approach. However, patients with a...Nocturia – the Cinderella of lower urinary tract symptoms
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...AvantSonic Z5 Bladder Scanner
Real-time 3D automatic scanner, AvantSonic Z5 measures bladder volume and PVR, producing fast and accurate measurements displayed on an 8” colour touch screen.
Multiparametric MRI with targeted-only biopsy – a new standard?
In this issue of European Urology, Kasivisvanathan et al. present a meta-analysis of two randomised trials comparing prebiopsy MRI with targeted biopsy (TBx) alone versus standard transrectal ultrasound-guided biopsy (TRUS-Bx) in biopsy-naïve men at risk of prostate cancer. Their findings...
