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The role of an enhanced recovery protocol in patients undergoing robotic radical cystectomy

1 July 2014 | | Urologic Oncology
Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocols are patient pathways designed to reduce surgical stress and accelerate postoperative recovery. Uptake of such protocols in colorectal surgery in particular has been high, however ERAS protocols developed or utilised in urological surgery have...

Geoffrey Parker (1902-1973) – urologist to the French Resistance!

7 January 2021 | | Technological Developments
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 time, I am joined by Jasmine Winyard, urology trainee in Leicester; we...

TIP hypospadias repair

1 July 2016 | | Paediatric Urology | Hypospadias, Surgical improvement, TIP urethroplasty, Urethroplasty complications
This paper by one of the current international leaders in hypospadias surgery looks at the outcome of over 1800 consecutive hypospadias repairs using the tubularised incised plate (TIP) repair, beginning from the first original operation through to sequential modifications over...

How often are instruments changed in RALP & RAPN?

1 January 2016 | | Endourology and Stones, Urologic Oncology
This study investigates how often the robotic instruments are exchanged during robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP) and robot-assisted partial nephrectomy (RAPN). They presently come with a life span of 10 uses but whether all instruments are used fully on 10 different...
BMJ cover with Editor's Choice stamp

Beware of the ambiguous testicular lump

1 September 2019 | | Functional Urology, Infection, Trauma and Emergency Urology, Urologic Oncology
In busy day-to-day practice, we are often faced with puzzling situations. A useful mnemonic is 4-T: torsion, trauma, tumour and tuberculosis (infections). This case review in the BMJ is about a 34-year-old man presenting to A&E with left testicular pain...

AvantSonic Z5 & Z3 Bladder Scanners

8 November 2021 | Research & Development
Automatic, real-time 3D bladder scanners, the AvantSonic Z5 & Z3 measure bladder volume, displaying accurate measurements quickly and clearly on...

AvantSonic Z5 & Z3 Bladder Scanners

10 January 2022 | Research & Development
Automatic, real-time 3D bladder scanners, the AvantSonic Z5 & Z3 measure bladder volume, displaying accurate measurements quickly and clearly on the colour touch screens.

Focal therapy for prostate cancer – ready for prime time?

1 November 2016 | | Basic Science Research, Urologic Oncology
The current therapeutic ratio for radical therapy in many men with localised prostate cancer is not ideal. For a significant side-effect profile, there seems to be a small survival benefit over a 10-15 year period. A strategy that might balance...

Blaedderwaerc and other names

1 July 2016 | | Infection, Functional Urology, Technological Developments
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 explore the history of something...

Consent: your obligations in the modern, post-Montgomery era

1 March 2017 | | Andrology, Basic Science Research, Endourology and Stones, Functional Urology, Infection, Neurourology, Paediatric Urology, Reconstructive Urology, Technological Developments, Trauma and Emergency Urology, Urologic Oncology, Uroradiology
There has been so much recent discussion and so much emphasis placed on the fundamental right that we all have to determine what is or is not done to us, the right to self-determination, that it would be either a...

BJUI Knowledge

1 May 2016
BJUI Knowledge is a new online educational platform for urologists. It combines online Continuing Professional Development (CPD) through e-learning, with a platform for recording CPD activity. It was released in February 2016 and is free to access and use for...

An update on robotic surgery in urology

2 November 2023 | | Technological Developments, Urologic Oncology
The early adoption of new technology has long been a trademark of urological surgeons. Like the introduction of the cystoscope, lasers and flexible endoscopy, the field of urology has witnessed a revolutionary transformation with the advent of robotic surgery. Robotic-assisted...