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Software to keep you up to date

6 January 2023 | Ivo Dukic | URO - Technology

Scientific literature continues to expand exponentially, with an average doubling period of 15 years [1]. Staying up to date is an ever-increasing challenge and our time is constantly being consumed by attention-hungry social media platforms, slow NHS IT systems and...

My UK reconstructive urology fellowship experience

8 November 2021 | Paul Davis, Mohammed Belal, Rowland Rees | URO - Andrology, URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology

Surgical training is a long and hard pathway. Having completed medical school, I undertook my internship at the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne. The Alfred Hospital is a leading tertiary teaching hospital in Australia’s second largest city. Prior to commencing my...

Biomarkers in prostate cancer detection

1 July 2018 | Karl H Pang, Saiful Miah, James WF Catto | URO - Basic Science Research, URO - Urologic Oncology, URO - Technology

Prostate cancer (PCa) is the second most common cancer in men with an estimated prevalence of 1.1 million worldwide in 2012. This heterogeneous disease resulted in approximately 307,000 deaths, making it the fifth leading cause of cancer-related death in men...

Klinefelter’s syndrome

7 January 2020 | Josip Vukina, Philippa Sangster | URO - Andrology, URO - Basic Science Research, URO - Paediatrics

Klinefelter’s syndrome (KF) is the most frequent sex chromosome abnormality with an estimated prevalence of 1 in 500 to 1 in 700 newborn males and 1 in 10 in men with azoospermia. While the majority of cases are an XXY...

Marin Marais: Fiddling with bladder stones

8 January 2025 | Harriet Poppy Hannaford Goddard, Jonathan Charles Goddard | URO - Endourology & Stones

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 known about Marin Marais’ musical composition describing his bladder stone operation for...

Renal calculi composition – Hounsfield units or dual energy CT?

1 July 2014 | Jane Belfield | URO - Endourology & Stones, URO - Uroradiology

In this, the inaugural uro-radiology article, Jane Belfield (Section Editor) considers the significance of Hounsfield units in defining stone composition. Despite its widespread adoption and referencing in stone MDTs, there are some very clear limitations. Jane explores the potential role...

Testing radical prostatectomy in men with prostate cancer and oligometastases to the bone: a randomised controlled feasibility study

1 May 2017 | Prasanna Sooriakumaran | URO - Urologic Oncology

Prostate cancer is the commonest cancer and the second most frequent cause of cancer death in Western men [1]. The recent STAMPEDE data suggests a median survival of just 42.1 months in the control arm of metastatic men [2]. Current...

An update on erectile dysfunction guidelines and treatment options

1 March 2019 | Asif Muneer | URO - Andrology, URO - Technology

Erectile dysfunction is defined as the persistent inability to attain and / or maintain an erection sufficient for sexual performance. Not only does this have a psychosocial impact, it also affects the quality of life of both the patients and...

Challenges of upper tract urothelial carcinoma

1 July 2022 | James C Pearson, Musaab Hamdoon, Suresh Venugopal | URO - Urologic Oncology

Upper tract uroepithelial carcinoma (UTUC) is a fairly common disease which traditionally had poorer outcomes compared to bladder cancer. This is due to various factors leading to delayed diagnosis and problems in risk stratification. Continuing efforts have focused on early...

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