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What is the role of evidence-based medicine in urology?

The concept of ‘evidence-based medicine’ (EBM) was first developed in the early 1990s and was described as “the conscientious, explicit and judicious use of the current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients” by the recently...

45th Congress of the Société Internationale d’Urologie (SIU)

IN PERSON registration fees include: Scientific Sessions (in person and virtual) Complimentary access to the 7th Bench-to-Bedside Uro-Oncology: GU Cancers Triad Meeting (Friday, October 31) Access to the Exhibit Hall Complimentary access to scientific content on the virtual congress platform, SIU@U, including live chats, virtual exhibit, gamification and session polling Access to the Congress Mobile App VIRTUAL registration fees include: Key Scientific Sessions broadcast live and available on-demand, including the Bench-to-Bedside Uro-Oncology: GU Cancers Triad Meeting Full access to the virtual congress platform, SIU@U, including live chat, virtual exhibit, gamification and session polling Access to the Congress Mobile App

Recent developments in bladder cancer – MIBC

This article takes a look back over recent years at new innovations and developments relating to muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) specifically, and will also touch upon what the future may hold. This article is also written as a continuation of...

Urology around the world: India: past, present, and future

Past India has the largest population in the world, standing at 1.43 billion as of September 2023. This vast population across a huge geographical area brings unique healthcare challenges, including the full range of urologic conditions. Urology is a relatively...

Thomas Molyneux and the lost bodkin

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 an earlier article we looked at one of the medals in the...

Increasing PSA after negative prostate biopsy - solving the clinical puzzle

There are standard guidelines for first transrectal ultrasonography (TRUS) guided biopsy in a patient presenting with elevated prostate-specific antigen (PSA) or suspicious digital rectal examination (DRE) findings. Patients are generally warned before a TRUS biopsy in respect of a false...

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Prostate Cancer Nurse Specialist wins Continence and Urology Nurse of the Year at BJN Awards 2025

Leann McLaughlin, a Uro-Oncology CNS who specialises in prostate cancer at Inverclyde Royal Hospital, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, has won Urology and Continence Nurse of the Year at the British Journal of Nursing (BJN) Awards 2025. The prestigious event...

Repeat transurethral resection in non-muscle invasive bladder cancer

The authors felt this is a big problem because there is no standardised practice on re-resection following initial transurethral resection of bladder tumour (TURBT). Getting detrusor muscle in the first specimen is thought to be important. However muscle is not...

PSM increases risk of recurrence after PN for high-risk renal tumours

Positive surgical margins (PSM) for solid organ malignancies are associated with adverse oncological outcomes. However, for RCC the prognostic significance of PSM after partial nephrectomies (PN) remains a matter of debate. As PN is more increasingly being used to excise...

My experience of addiction

In this incredibly honest and thought-provoking article, we hear from an anonymous doctor who has struggled with addiction. The nature of addiction is a subject of interest to a broad range of scientific disciplines, from medicine to psychology, psychotherapy and...

Fundamentals of Transurethral Resection and Ureteroscopic Skills using animal and human Cadaveric models

This is a one and a half day practical course, ideal for Urology Trainees who are already undertaking or about to start training in endoscopic urology.

Paediatric Urology VIVA course

This course is aimed towards Senior Urology trainees due to take their exit examination. The VIVA examination will cover the entire paediatric urology syllabus.