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Urological trauma – part 1

Part 2 of this topic is available here. Case 1 A 45-year-old male presented with acute onset abdominal pain following a fall whilst out drinking. A CT cystogram was arranged as he developed haematuria and acute renal impairment. 1. What...

Prostate Cancer Vaccine Research Launched in Surrey

In September 2025, The Prostate Project, a Guildford-based volunteer-led charity, will launch a £250,000 campaign to raise funds for a prostate cancer research project widely anticipated to be ‘game-changing’. Work has begun to develop a vaccine to prevent the return...

Urological Cancer Management

This was all in all a pretty good read. It covers a wide range of topics authoritatively and with a degree of confidence that allows for quite a focused discussion on a range of malignancies from adrenal glands to penile...

Laparoscopic ureteral ligation (clipping)

Ectopic ureters in the presence of an upper moiety duplex kidney, or non functioning upper moieties, are traditionally treated with a heminephrectomy (open or laparoscopic). This carries significant risks, especially loss of the remaining lower moiety. These authors describe a...

Have I got an exciting opportunity for you!

Have I got an exciting opportunity for you! A job I’ve been doing for the past 11 years since leaving the NHS. We need a experienced CNS to carry this role into its next chapter. This is a bespoke autonomous...

The Hamilton Irving box – A reprise

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 third of these articles, written, in the spring of 2012, I...

The impact of menopause on bladder symptoms

The menopause is a natural process of ageing when the ovaries completely stop producing reproductive hormones (oestrogen and other sex steroids), and there are no monthly periods for 12 consecutive months. It normally occurs between the ages of 45-55 years...

Quality Improvement – how to get involved?

The General Medical Council (GMC) requires all trainee doctors to carry out Quality Improvement (QI) as part of our annual appraisal process [1]. Exactly what QI projects are and how to get involved is less widely understood. Traditionally surgical trainees...

Inpatient care of patients with established spinal cord injury - what a general urologist needs to know

Introduction Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a devastating, life-changing condition, which is currently irreversible. Depending on the level of the spinal cord affected (and whether the lesion is complete or incomplete), patients may subsequently develop reduced voluntary motor function, sensory...

Consent: your obligations in the modern, post-Montgomery era

There has been so much recent discussion and so much emphasis placed on the fundamental right that we all have to determine what is or is not done to us, the right to self-determination, that it would be either a...

Recurrent UTI & Bladder Pain Syndrome: Understanding the Patient Journey and Improving Care

Join Bladder Health UK for a full‑day, evidence‑led study day bringing together leading clinicians, researchers and pelvic health specialists to explore the complexities of Recurrent UTI (RUTI) and Bladder Pain Syndrome (BPS). This event is designed for urologists, GPs, specialist...

RSM: The integrated pelvis: Advancing collaborative surgery in women’s pelvic care

This event will bring together leading clinicians to discuss the multidisciplinary management of complex pelvic disorders in women that span both the reproductive and gastrointestinal systems, highlighting advances in diagnosis, surgical techniques and coordinated care pathways. Featuring deep infiltrating endometriosis,...