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Induction Switch

2 March 2022 | | URO - Core Urology
Changing medical jobs or working in multiple hospitals is often a frustrating experience. Switch wait times can be agonisingly long, and at least in my experience, hospital intranet telephone directories are frequently inaccurate and unhelpful in connecting to the relevant...

Balanitis xerotica obliterans

1 September 2018 | | URO - Andrology, URO - Urologic Oncology
Balanitis xerotica obliterans (BXO) / lichen sclerosus of the male genitalia is a common cause of acquired phimosis, and was first described by Stuhmer in 1928 [1]. It is described in medical literature as a chronic inflammatory condition of unknown...

The impact of FGM on the genitourinary system: a 2021 perspective

3 March 2021 | | URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology, URO - Trauma & Emergency
Awareness of female genital mutilation (FGM) in European countries has increased over recent decades as a result of globalisation and migration of populations. The World Health Organization (WHO) describes FGM as procedures that involve partial or total removal of the...

The Kennedy Report

5 January 2022 | | URO - Core Urology
Context The death of George Floyd at the hands of racist driven police brutality in May 2020 shook the world into a period of civil unrest and active demonstration against unacceptable discrimination displayed by people of authority. The Black Lives...

Becoming a consultant: Navigating the next step in your career

7 May 2026 | | URO - Core Urology
For senior urology trainees approaching their final ARCP, one question often looms large: what next? Some pursue a fellowship, while others may take some time out. Ultimately, however, all trainees face the inevitable transition: stepping into a consultant post. This...

Together for 35 years: leading change in paediatric bowel and bladder health.

31 July 2026 | Awards, Conferences & Anniversaries
ERIC, The Children’s Bowel & Bladder Charity, returns with its biennial conference. This is a key event for healthcare professionals featuring cutting-edge research, interactive workshops, practical demonstrations and much more. Around 1 in 9 children and young people in the...

Bladder cancer: where are we with intravesical therapies?

1 July 2016 | | URO - Urologic Oncology
In the United Kingdom, almost 10,500 new cases of bladder cancer were identified in 2013, with over 5000 deaths in 2012 [1]. Seventy percent of new cases will be non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) at diagnosis and therefore will be...

Demanding cases or nightmares in endourology? Nov/Dec 2017

1 November 2017 | | URO - Endourology & Stones
Case 1 A 78-year-old male was transferred from a referring hospital. He had a cystectomy and ileal conduit performed 15 years previously and had recently been admitted with a clinical diagnosis of an infected obstructed kidney. The referring hospital had...

How an ergonomic design is helping women overcome barriers in ISC

6 May 2020
Urinary incontinence, or loss of bladder control, is a frustrating problem for millions of people. Never knowing when and where one might have an accident can affect everything: from work to family and social life. It happens to both men...

What exactly is Hinman Syndrome?

1 September 2019 | | URO - Neurourology, URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology
Who was Hinman and what is Hinman Syndrome? Frank Hinman Junior (1915–2011) first described ‘Hinman syndrome’ in the 1970s – a condition also known as a ‘non-neurogenic neurogenic bladder’. He was a renowned American urologist, educator and skilful artist and...

The aero-urethroscope

1 March 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). In the last article I said I would write about another old urological...

Dietary citrate substitution in urolithiasis patients

1 July 2018 | | URO - Endourology & Stones
Stone formation is dependent on supersaturation of urinary salts and urinary crystal retention. Urinary promoters (protein aggregates, cell debris) and inhibitors (citrate, magnesium, urinary macromolecules such as glycosaminoglycans and proteins) are involved in the process of stone formation [1]. Hypocitraturia...