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The importance of second-look transurethral resection for superficial bladder cancer

1 March 2016 | | URO - Urologic Oncology
This was a prospective study of 100 consecutive patients with a newly diagnosed superficial bladder tumour who underwent a second look transurethral resection of bladder tumour (TURBT) two to six weeks post initial resection. This essentially included pTa multiple and...

Adjuvant radiotherapy versus wait-and-see after radical prostatectomy

1 September 2014 | | URO - Urologic Oncology
Optimum treatment modalities in prostate cancer continue to evolve, with debates at each stage of the evolution process, from focal therapy to radical treatment. In this randomised study, Wiegel et al. investigated the role of adjuvant radiotherapy following open radical...
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The case against omitting systematic biopsy in younger men

7 January 2026 | | URO - Urologic Oncology
In this issue of European Urology, Al-Monajjed et al. report findings from the PROBASE trial, which evaluated prostate cancer (PC) detection in men aged 45–50 years with PSA ≥3ng/ml using both MRI-targeted biopsy (TBx) and systematic biopsy (SBx). Among 525...

Urinary incontinence in women – part 1: terminology and diagnosis

1 July 2015 | | URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology
Introduction Urinary incontinence (UI) is the involuntary and often embarrassing leakage of urine. It is a condition that is both under-reported and under-diagnosed, and when reported it is, unfortunately, often not assessed and managed adequately. Incontinence of urine is encountered...

The NICE Guideline on Urinary Incontinence: the management of urinary incontinence in women

1 May 2014 | | URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology
Background Urinary incontinence (UI) is a common symptom that can affect women of all ages. It is difficult to estimate the prevalence of UI since it is often under-reported, although the Norwegian EPINCONT study looking at women over 20 reported...

Penile fracture

1 May 2018 | | URO - Uroradiology, URO - Trauma & Emergency, URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology
Traumatic rupture of the tunica albuginea with either one or both corpora cavernosa of the penis is known as penile fracture. This may be associated with corpus spongiosum or urethral injury. Incidence Penile fracture was reported for the first time...

Priapism in sickle cell disease

2 March 2022 | | URO - Andrology
What is sickle cell disease? Sickle cell disease (SCD) is one of the most common single-gene disorders in the UK affecting approximately one in every 2000 live births. Approximately 20-25 million people worldwide have SCD. It predominately affects those of...

Patient decision aids in the management of stress urinary incontinence

9 March 2020 | | URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology
Urinary incontinence is a common condition faced by up to 20-50% of women, which impairs quality of life and poses a significant socioeconomic burden to both the individual women involved and more widely to the NHS [1]. The overall cost...

The running gleet: why venereal disease is so important to the history of urology

5 November 2019 | | URO - Infection, URO - Technology
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). You might say that genitourinary infectious disease is a part of urology, but...

Of gods and men

7 July 2020 | | URO - Technology
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). One of the most fascinating aspects of early Ancient Greek culture is the...

Prostates at the OK Corral

11 July 2023 | | URO - Technology
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 this article, we are looking at an American urologist whose story was,...

Testicular microlithiasis

1 May 2015 | | URO - Urologic Oncology, URO - Uroradiology
Introduction Testicular microlithiasis (TML) was originally described in 1970 in a healthy four-year-old boy [1] and the first paper regarding microlithiasis as an entity seen on ultrasound was published in 1987 [2]. Testicular microlithiasis is seen on ultrasound as small,...