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MUC (Midlands Urology Club) Annual Meeting

The Midlands Urology Club (MUC) Meeting is back in Walsall this year. An eminent panel of Urologists will be talking to us on various aspects of clinical practice. Talks include updates from Mr A Birring & Mr KJ Ho on Genito-Urethral Reconstruction Services and Management of Penile Cancer in West Midlands, respectively. Mr C Luscombe will be leading a session on Implementation of the GIRFT A&G in the region. The event is fully subscribed now with LEDS, NTN’s, FYs & CTS as well as senior clinicians registered for the meeting. This is an opportunity to learn, get up-to-date on local practice and meet fellow colleagues in the area. Audits from various trusts in the region will be presented in the afternoon. Lunch and refreshments have kindly been provided by our sponsors.

Post CCT fellowship in genitourethral reconstruction at St George’s Hospital: an experience unique to the UK

I first developed an interest in genitourethral reconstruction, particularly urethroplasty, at the beginning of my urology training. Working in Bristol and Weston Super Mare for David Dickerson inspired me to develop this further. Mr Dickerson performs one of the largest...

Characteristics of testicular tumours in prepubertal children

It is well known that testicular tumours in children occur in one of two peaks. Firstly, in the first four years of life where a third to half of these tumours are benign and secondly during puberty where there is...

The pioneer women in British 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). This month, I am joined by Kassie Ball, a urology trainee, who approached...

Bladder cancer – an overshadowed ‘volcano’

Bladder cancer has often been overshadowed by the limelight of prostate cancer. However, of all the urological cancers, bladder cancer is the only one which has shown a slight decline in age-standardised five-year survival rates over the last couple of...

Patients’ preferences for additional (cytoreductive) treatments to the prostate and metastasis in metastatic prostate cancer

Patients diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer at first diagnosis or de novo synchronous metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (mHSPC) have had reported increases in overall survival due to rapid advances and intensification of systemic therapy regimes beyond traditional androgen deprivation therapy...

Monkey glands

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). It’s not often that a urological procedure enters popular culture. This particular one...

Sophie from Fitwise taking on the Paris Half Marathon in aid of Samaritans

Our very good friend Sophie Hornby, who many of you will know through her fantastic work at Fitwise organising conferences such as BAUN and ACP, is taking on the Hoka Semi de Paris, aka the Paris Half Marathon, in March...

Is renal pelvis reduction during dismembered pyeloplasty necessary?

The development of laparoscopic pyeloplasty has progressively led to a reduction in the amount of perioperative renal pelvic excision as a large excision leads to a longer anastomosis with associated increased risks (leak, operative time). This prospective study of 40...

The adrenals

Case 1 A 45-year-old man undergoes a CT of his abdomen to stage a newly diagnosed bowel malignancy. What does the scan show? What findings on a CT scan suggest an adrenal lesion is benign? If the CT scan is...

Challenges of catheter associated urinary tract infection: is prevention better than cure?

Catheterisation is a common medical procedure in which a catheter (a hollow flexible tube) is inserted into the bladder in order to facilitate the drainage of urine. Catheters are usually passed into the bladder via the urethra, either to be...

Male infertility

Definitions Infertility is the inability of a sexually active, non-contracepting couple to achieve spontaneous pregnancy in one year [1]. About 15% of couples do not achieve pregnancy within one year and seek medical treatment for infertility. Semen parameters are standardised...