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Kidney stones in pregnancy

2 November 2023 | | Endourology and Stones
Case 1 A 28-year-old female, 19 weeks pregnant, presents with severe left loin pain. There is no past medical history of note. Blood tests show a white cell count of 14.1x109/L and creatinine of 56umol/L. An ultrasound scan (USS) reports...

Barriers to use of semen analysis in the adolescent with a varicocele

1 July 2016 | | Paediatric Urology | Adolescent, Fertility, Pediatric, Semen analysis, Survey, Varicocele
This paper tries to address the question of identifying the cause of the difficulty in obtaining a semen analysis (SA) in adolescents with a varicocele in order to try to find improved strategies in giving patient advice, treatment and care....

BAUS Annual Meeting 2022

13 June 2022 -15 June 2022
The first face-to-face BAUS in three years began with a welcome reception in the Library of Birmingham. There was a great buzz of conversation between colleagues and friends, who potentially hadn’t seen each other since before the start of the...

Clinical Trials 2 – key papers

1 March 2017 | Basic Science Research
Clinical Trials 1 is available here. Case 1 This British study on haematuria clinic diagnostic yield was published in the British Journal of Urology International in 2006. The results are often asked in examinations! Edwards TJ, et al. A prospective...

I wasn’t expecting that! A series of unexpected radiology findings

1 July 2017 | Uroradiology
Case 1 A 76-year-old diabetic man with a long-term catheter presents to the Emergency Department with rigors and non-specific abdominal pain. He has an elevated white cell count (WCC) and C-reactive protein (CRP). An abdominal and pelvic CT scan was...

Prostate cancer

8 November 2021 | | Urologic Oncology
Case 1 A 65-year-old man is referred to your two-week wait (2WW) clinic with a PSA of 7.0ng/mL. He has no lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), no past medical history, no family history of prostate cancer (PCa) and his performance...

William Barr Stirling and the aortogram

3 November 2022 | | 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). We are very lucky with the excellent and detailed imaging our radiology colleagues...

Giggle incontinence – not a laughing matter!

4 May 2023 | | Functional Urology
For many decades, the condition of giggle incontinence (enuresis risoria, giggle micturition) has remained a rare and poorly understood condition. Patients (90% female) present in their teens, with the history revealing an issue for many years. It is debilitating and...

Surgical video – part 2: Tips on how to edit and create a finished surgical video for teaching or publication

1 November 2015 | | Technological Developments
A well-made and informative video can be one of the most valuable promotional tools for a department of urology. Having to resort to an external commercial source to produce a video can be prohibitively expensive. With the extensive computing power...

Thermal ablative techniques for small renal masses

1 July 2017 | | Technological Developments, Urologic Oncology
The incidence of renal cell carcinoma has increased over the past decade which can be partly attributed to the increased use of imaging modalities [1,2]. Nephron sparing procedures for the management of small renal tumours have gained popularity which include...

Physiotherapy first for pelvic floor dysfunction

1 September 2015 | | Functional Urology, Urologic Oncology
Physiotherapy should be included in first-line management options for pelvic organ prolapse and urinary incontinence in women [1,2]. Additionally, referral to physiotherapy is widely practised for the management of urinary incontinence in men, faecal incontinence, defecation disorders and various pelvic...

Inguino-scrotal sarcomas

1 May 2019 | | Andrology, Urologic Oncology, Uroradiology
A sarcoma is a malignant tumour that originates from mesenchymal cells such as adipose tissue, bone, cartilage and smooth muscle. Although these tumours histologically do not originate from the urogenital tract, urologists are often involved in their diagnosis and management...