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Assessment and management of percutaneous nephrostomies

8 January 2024 | | URO - Trauma & Emergency, URO - Uroradiology
Nephrostomies are a valuable uroradiological intervention which enables drainage of the obstructed kidney, amongst other indications. Complications associated with nephrostomies following placement are not uncommon, with re-presentation to the emergency department or surgical emergency unit. In this review we will...

Uroscopy

1 September 2017 | 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 may feel somewhat distanced from the medical practitioners of mediaeval Florence but...

Demanding cases or nightmares in uro-oncology? Sep/Oct 2021

3 September 2021 | | URO - Urologic Oncology
Active surveillance for prostate cancer: missing the boat Case In 2005 a 43-year-old man of Afro-Caribbean ethnicity was referred to our centre for investigation of suspected prostate cancer. Digital rectal exam revealed a firm right lobe, PSA of 2.3ng/ml, prostate...

I wasn’t expecting that! A series of unexpected radiology findings

1 July 2017 | URO - Uroradiology
Case 1 A 76-year-old diabetic man with a long-term catheter presents to the Emergency Department with rigors and non-specific abdominal pain. He has an elevated white cell count (WCC) and C-reactive protein (CRP). An abdominal and pelvic CT scan was...

Peno-scrotal extramammary Paget’s disease

1 July 2015 | | URO - Infection
Epidemiology Extramammary Paget’s disease (EMP) is a rare intraepithelial neoplasm, which is rarely invasive and has an incidence of six per million person-years as calculated by a European SEER analysis [1]. It usually affects apocrine gland-bearing areas, especially the vulvar,...

Urology News Imaging Competition 2025 – winners!

3 November 2025 | URO - Core Urology
This year saw the launch of the first Urology News Imaging Competition, sponsored by Karl Storz UK. We were delighted to receive a large and diverse range of entries with a wide interpretation of the brief, showcasing that there really...

Cutting-edge or over-hyped? Evaluating the role of robotic surgery in the management of renal cell carcinoma

3 May 2024 | | URO - Urologic Oncology
The quest for a minimally-invasive approach to major abdominal surgery finds its roots at the start of the previous century, when Georg Kelling first described the technique of ‘ceolioscopy’ to inspect intraabdominal organs in 1901 [1]. Since those early days,...

Bladder outlet obstruction

1 May 2016 | | URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology
Case 1 Define the zonal anatomy of the prostate: A, B and C What is the significance of Zone A and Zone C? Clasify the types of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) Which investigations should be routinely undertaken for a...

Urological etymology

4 May 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). I’ve always found the derivation of names fascinating. Anatomy lessons were made so...

Urology Podcasts and NotebookLM

2 July 2025 | | URO - Technology
Podcasts, downloadable or streamable digital audio / video shows, have surged in popularity over the last five years due to the ubiquity of smartphones, high-speed mobile networks, and accessible content creation technology. They offer on-the-go access to expert discussions, clinical...

(Not very) clean intermittent self catheterisation

3 May 2024 | | URO - Technology
In a small room near the operating theatre of the London Hospital sometime in the 1880’s, a surgeon slips off his outdoor frock coat. From his pocket he pulls a silver curved catheter, spits on it and nonchalantly passes it...

European Urology Residents Education Programme (EUREP)

1 May 2015 | | URO - Core Urology
The EAU’s 12th European Urology Residents Education Programme (EUREP) was held from 5-10 September 2014. We were fortunate to attend as part of a small contingent of UK urology registrars who had applied and been selected to attend. The programme...