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Percutaneous nephrolithotomy: wisdom, dogma, paradigm and myths

4 November 2025 | | URO - Urologic Oncology
A non-transpapillary technique appears to ease access to the kidney – the most critical step in percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PNL) – when compared to the classic transpapillary approach. Remarkably, the earliest descriptions of percutaneous access by Goodwin et al. in 1955...

EMS Flexible Ureteroscopy and Percutaneous Surgery Masterclass

22 September 2024 -23 September 2024
The Masterclass comprises a combination of didactic presentations, as-live surgery presentations, and live case observation on surgical techniques, tips and tricks, and the medical management of stone patients.

EMA Stone management with Endoscopic Combined Intrarenal Surgery (ECIRS)

8 October 2024 -9 October 2024
The Masterclass comprises a combination of didactic presentations, as-live surgery presentations, and live case observation on surgical techniques, tips and tricks, and the medical management of stone patients.

EMS Stone management with Endoscopic Combined Intrarenal Surgery (ECIRS)

4 November 2024 -5 November 2024
The Masterclass comprises a combination of didactic presentations, as-live surgery presentations, and live case observation on surgical techniques, tips and tricks, and the medical management of stone patients.

EMS Endoscopic Stone removal using Swiss LithoClast® Trilogy

6 December 2024 -7 December 2024
The Masterclass comprises a combination of didactic presentations, as-live surgery presentations, and live case observation on surgical techniques, tips and tricks, and the medical management of stone patients.

Imaging and radiology

1 March 2016 | URO - Uroradiology
Case 1 What radiological test is this and what does it show? What is the typical radio-nucleotide used for this study, what is its half-life and how is it excreted? Approximately how long does this study take to perform? What...

Uncovering the fate of small residual fragments

1 January 2017 | | URO - Endourology & Stones
The concept of ‘stone free’ remains an enigma. To some urologists this refers to complete removal of all visible fragments, to others its removal of all ‘clinically significant’ fragments (generally regarded as fragments >2mm), and to some it is absence...

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...

Nephrocalcinosis

1 May 2017 | | URO - Endourology & Stones
Case 1 What does this x-ray of the kidney, ureter and bladder (KUB) show? What are the likely causes? What is the pathology behind medullary sponge kidneys (MSK)? What is the risk of urolithiasis with MSK? How are such patients...

The stonecutters of 17th Century London

1 July 2015 | | URO - Endourology & Stones, 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 the last article I told you about the prostatic punch. If you...

Demanding cases or nightmares in endourology? Jan/Feb 2016

1 January 2016 | | URO - Endourology & Stones
The second article in this series of challenging cases in endourology describes some stent-related problems. Case 1 A 76-year-old male with end stage renal failure due to obstructive uropathy from benign prostatic enlargement was transferred from a referring hospital. A...

A guided guide to the guide wire

6 May 2020 | | URO - Endourology & Stones, URO - Technology
The use of guide wires has become a core skill utilised by urologists, especially within the field of endourology. The authors take us through the development of the guide wire and their current use in urology. The history The first...