Neil Featherstone

Consultant Paediatric Urologist

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Addenbrookes Hospital).

JOURNAL REVIEWED: JOURNAL OF UROLOGY – May 2016 (ongoing)

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Solifenacin for children and adolescents with overactive bladders

1 January 2018 | | Basic Science Research, Functional Urology, Paediatric Urology | adolescents, child, overactive, solifenacin succinate, urinary bladder, urinary incontinence

Solifenacin (VESIcare®) is the second-line anti-muscarinic medication of choice for my patients with overactive bladder (oxybutynin being my initial choice). However, currently, it remains unlicensed for use in children. Newgreen et al. have evaluated the long-term safety and efficacy of...

Which is better – laparoscopic or open paediatric pyeloplasty?

1 September 2017 | | Paediatric Urology | laparoscopy, minimally invasive surgical procedures, pediatrics, randomized controlled trials as topic, ureteral obstruction

In an attempt to answer the above question, Gatti et al. undertook a randomised controlled trial between 2005 and 2014. All children aged 1 to 18 years of age requiring surgery for pelviureteric junction (PUJ) obstruction were enrolled. A total...

Who should be taking care of the adolescent with testicular torsion?

1 March 2017 | | Paediatric Urology, Trauma and Emergency Urology | certification, pediatrics, referral and consultation, spermatic cord torsion, urology

From time to time (as paediatric surgeons), we receive referrals from regional hospitals to explore the testis in older boys. Given the time-critical nature of the condition, patients should benefit from assessment and surgery performed locally (when possible). Inter-hospital transfer...