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The assessment and medical treatment of LUTS secondary to BPH

The term benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) describes prostate enlargement due to non-cancerous processes. Several aetiological mechanisms are involved, including hormonal and vascular alterations; abnormal regulation of apoptosis; and prostatic inflammation, which may stimulate cellular proliferation. With ageing, prostate enlargement can...

In conversation with Rebecca Porta

We were delighted to chat to Rebecca Porta, the new Chief Executive of The Urology Foundation (TUF) First of all, many congratulations on your recent appointment as Chief Executive of TUF; can you tell us a little bit about your...

BPH therapy: how to find one’s way through the maze?

This communication is from the Young Academic Urologists (YAU) group of the European Association of Urologists (EAU). A purpose-built questionnaire of current practice was sent to 2000 members, of which 637 responded (68% were aged 50 or younger). Alpha blockers...

RSM Paediatric Urology Meeting and Presidential Address 2023

The academic year of the Urological Section of the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) started with a bang in October last year with the Paediatric Urology meeting, co-organised by Shabnam Undre (Paediatric Representative for BAUS and Consultant Paediatric Urologist East...

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

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...

Peyronie’s disease: a review and update

Peyronie’s disease (PD) describes an acquired disease of the penis, which is characterised by a number of signs and symptoms. These include penile pain, curvature, palpable plaques, wasting or narrowing of the penile shaft, a hinge deformity and potentially catastrophic...

Botulinum toxin – from the sausage poison to urology

Botulinum toxin is the first biological toxin to be licensed for use in treating human disease and since its first therapeutic use in the early 1980s for strabismus has become widely used in the fields of ophthalmology, cosmetic surgery, migraine...

Laborie: Advanced Multi-Channel UDS: Taking your BPH BPO Care to the Next Level two part webinar (Thur 17 Oct & Thur 31 Oct)

This two-part webinar series, led by Dr. Wayne Kuang, Founder of ManVsProstate Crusade, will discover how multi-channel advanced urodynamics allows for Better Personalized Healthcare for patients with BPH BPO. Get your questions answered at the open Q&A session with our expert presenter. Please note this is a two part webinar.

Clinical Application of Urological Catheters, Devices and Products

This is a very well written and presented reference which brings together the collective experience and knowledge of a multidisciplinary authorship. As a staff nurse in a urology unit that uses catheters and other urological devices on a daily basis,...

Campbell-Walsh-Wein Handbook of Urology

Campbell’s Urology, as it is widely referred to, has the unassailable position of being the go-to reference text for urology. Incredibly, this is now available in a concise pocket version! It’s remarkable how such a vast quantity of information could...

Should maximal urethral closure pressure be performed before mid-urethral sling surgery for stress incontinence?

Maximum urethral closure pressure (MUCP) is a means of trying to provide an objective assessment of urethral integrity. In some centres it is used as a tool to help predict outcomes after mid-urethral sling (MUS) placement. The authors propose that...

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...