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Imaging and radiology

1 March 2016 | Imaging, 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...

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1 September 2015 | Andrology, Basic Science Research, Endourology and Stones, Functional Urology, Infection, Neurourology, Paediatric Urology, Reconstructive Urology, Technological Developments, Trauma and Emergency Urology, Urologic Oncology, Uroradiology
It can be awkward when a patient asks you about a report in their favourite tabloid detailing an amazing research breakthrough or a ‘cutting-edge’ new treatment / test and you don’t know what they are talking about! So this section...

Radiological investigation of haematuria in 2016

1 November 2016 | | Infection
This paper summarises the current evidence for and use of various imaging modalities for investigating haematuria. The following investigations are reviewed: Intravenous urogram (IVU) – the number of centres still using IVU is decreasing. IVU is cheaper and has less...
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Long-term risks of augmenting the bladder in spina bifida patients

6 November 2020 | | Paediatric Urology | meningomyelocele, neurogenic, spinal dysraphism, urinary bladder, urologic surgical procedures
Bladder augmentation is utilised to treat children with neuropathic bladders secondary to spina bifida that results in hostile urodynamics, renal deterioration and / or urinary incontinence. Whilst it is associated with an improved quality of life and low mortality, it...

Radiation in paediatric urology – PURSE study

1 November 2016 | | Paediatric Urology | diagnostic techniques, urological, endoscopy, nephrolithiasis, pediatrics, radiation exposure
Urological operative procedures often use fluoroscopy for diagnosis and treatment of stone disease and structural anomalies. Paediatric tissues are sensitive to the effects of ionising radiation. Paediatric radiation safety has gained concerns due to the possible long-term effects such as...

Ureteric strictures

1 May 2014 | | Endourology and Stones, Reconstructive Urology
Case 1 What is this investigation? What are the findings of this investigation? What are the causes for this? What are the treatment options? Case 2 Image 1. Image 2. What do these X-Ray KUB films show? What are the...
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Loop-tail stents in reducing stent related symptoms – the search continues

2 March 2022 | | Endourology and Stones | #EndoUrology, #Urology, LUTS, RIRS, URS, double J, loop-tail stents, stent-related symptoms, Ureteroscopy, urinary calculi
Insertion of double J (DJ) stents is one of the most commonly performed procedures in urology. One of its major drawbacks is stent related symptoms (SRS) which has generated a lot of research in drugs, stent design and materials. One...

Clinical visit for PCNL experience: Agra, India

1 July 2016 | | Endourology and Stones
In September 2015, I travelled to India for a two-week clinical visit with Professor Madhu Sudan Agrawal at the Global Rainbow Hospital, Agra. Having completed my training I wanted to further develop my skills with PCNL, particularly with regards to...

‘The Rise of a Specialty’ – Exhibition at the Royal Society of Medicine

4 May 2020 | | Technological Developments
The founding of the Royal Society of Medicine’s (RSM) Urology Section 100 years ago this year was crucial to the establishment of urology as a specialty in Great Britain in its own right. To mark this anniversary, earlier this year...

What did the Romans ever do for us?

1 May 2016 | | 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). Previously in this column, I told you about the Saxons and how they...

BAUS Annual Scientific Meeting 2023

19 June 2023 -21 June 2023
Day 1 Highlights by: Omer Abdalla, Urology ST6 - Wirral University Teaching Hospitals, Mersey BSoT Trainee's rep (@Omer_Uro1). BAUS 2023 began last night with a wonderful welcome reception at the Birmingham Library, where urologists from throughout the UK met again,...

Pyonephrosis: is the kidney always doomed?

9 March 2020 | | Endourology and Stones
Pyonephrosis (Greek pyon ‘pus’ + nephros ‘kidney’) is defined in Campbell-Walsh Urology [1] as an infected hydro-nephrosis associated with suppurative destruction of the renal parenchyma which results in total or near total loss of renal function. The true incidence of...