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Novel therapy for SUI
1 March 2014
| Arun K Sharma
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URO - Basic Science Research, URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology
This is a joint study from Iran and University College London. Stress urinary incontinence (SUI) is a difficult condition to treat for patients and clinicians alike. Various surgical procedures have their benefits and pitfalls. Cell therapy is a new modality;...
Predicting bone scan positivity in non-metastatic CRPC
1 May 2016
| Pravisha Ravindra
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URO - Urologic Oncology
There is evidence that suggests that early treatment with chemotherapy, immunotherapy or hormone therapy leads to a better response in patients with asymptomatic metastatic castrate resistant prostate cancer (CRPC). This study aimed to predict bone scan positivity in patients with...
An effective new solution for chronic pelvic pain patients
4 March 2022
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Research & Development
The Feel Free Programme is a safe, effective innovation which addresses the overwhelming caseload pressure on clinics because patients can start right now...
Telemedicine – safe, convenient and economical
4 September 2020
| Neil Featherstone
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URO - Paediatric Urology
I am sure that most, if not all, readers of Urology News will have utilised some form of telemedicine over the last few months during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. This timely publication from Boston Children’s Hospital precedes the...
Prostate cancer
8 November 2021
| Conor Devlin, Marcelino Yazbek Hanna
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URO - 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...
MDT meetings in urogynaecology
1 January 2016
| Ann Crump
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URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology
This study aimed to assess the outcome of case discussion at a single unit’s urogynaecology multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings. This was a retrospective study of the MDT proformas of 106 patients who were discussed over a 14-month period. Various outcomes...
Urodynamics in review: stress urinary incontinence in women produced by the Urodynamics Committee of the ICS
1 November 2018
| Tufan Tarcan, Luis Miguel Abranches-Monteiro, Enrico Finazzi Agro
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URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology, URO - Infection, URO - Neurourology
Urodynamic studies (UDS) are the best tools to objectively assess the lower urinary tract dysfunction (LUTD) of various aetiologies [1]. According to the general understanding and consensus of the medical community UDS should be performed only when they will change...
The management of renal calculi – Pt 2
1 May 2018
| Daron Smith, Vimoshan Arumuham
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URO - Endourology & Stones
Renal calculi can be managed according to four treatment options: conservative management, extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL), flexible ureterorenoscopy (FURS) and percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL). Having addressed conservative management and ESWL in the last edition of Urology News, the second article...
Nocturia – the Cinderella of lower urinary tract symptoms
1 March 2014
| Tim Lane
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URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology
Nocturia is defined as waking during the night (at least once) to urinate. The important part of the definition relates to the necessity of sleep to precede the episode (although whether sleep must follow the episode is less clear). The...
Paediatric urology: what you need to know for FRCS (Urol)
4 March 2025
| Lianne Pickett, Neetu Kumar
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URO - Paediatric Urology
Lianne Pickett, Urology ST5 at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), and Ms Neetu Kumar, Consultant Paediatric Urological Surgeon at GOSH, provide expert insights into the key aspects of paediatric urology. Curriculum Paediatric urology contributes one of the eight stations of...
Effect of DUA on surgical outcomes of HoLEP
Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) become increasingly common in men as they age, with over 70–90% of men aged over 80 experiencing these issues. Detrusor underactivity (DUA) is characterised by a weakened bladder contraction, leading to prolonged or incomplete bladder...Metastatic spinal cord compression – a review
1 March 2014
| Christian Nayar, Aniket Deshpande, Dan Ford
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URO - Trauma & Emergency, URO - Urologic Oncology
Introduction Metastatic spinal cord compression (MSCC) is an oncological emergency that, unless diagnosed early and treated appropriately, can lead to significant morbidity and mortality, including paralysis and bladder and bowel dysfunction. MSCC can be defined as spinal cord or cauda...
