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What’s new in post prostatectomy incontinence?

1 January 2017 | | URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology
With an ageing population, the number of men being diagnosed with prostate cancer each year is steadily rising. With more specific investigations, such as multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (MpMRI) and transperineal biopsies, the number of cases diagnosed at an earlier...
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Fear and frustration among women with recurrent UTIs

5 January 2022 | | URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology, URO - Infection
The risk of a women developing a urinary tract infection in her lifetime is over 50%, approximately 25% of which become recurrent (rUTIs). This study examined the viewpoints of women with rUTIs through six focus groups at a tertiary centre...
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Standard versus expanded cultures to diagnose UTIs in women

5 January 2022 | | URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology, URO - Infection
Clinicians are well aware of the limitations of the so-called Kass criteria applied to standard urine culture (SUC) techniques as well as the limitations of empiric antibiotic prescribing for symptoms that are known to overlap with chronic conditions such as...

Goddard’s Dropps: a Paradox of the C17th

1 September 2015 | | URO - Technology
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 told you about the world of the London...

Read all about it Nov/Dec 2020

6 November 2020 | | URO - Covid-19, URO - Andrology, URO - Urologic Oncology
Read all about it... 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...

Consent

3 May 2022 | | URO - Core Urology
See Part 2 on this topic here Case 1 A 15-year-old boy attends with his father to have a circumcision on a day case list. He had been seen previously by a colleague and noted to have a tight phimosis...

Paediatric urology – peno-scrotal

7 July 2020 | | URO - Paediatric Urology, URO - Trauma & Emergency
Case 1 A four-year-old boy presents to clinic following GP referral unable to retract the foreskin (Figure 1). Figure 1. What is the diagnosis? The above condition may be pathological or physiological; clinically how can you differentiate this? Explain the...

Sexually transmitted infections

1 May 2018 | URO - Infection, URO - Trauma & Emergency
Case 1 A 27-year-old man presents to the clinic with multiple asymptomatic penile lesions. 1. What is the diagnosis? 2. What are the likely pathogens which cause these lesions? 3. What treatment options are available to treat these lesions? 4....

Uropathology: what’s the diagnosis?

1 September 2017 | URO - Basic Science Research, URO - Urologic Oncology
Case 1 A 28-year-old man presented with a left testicular mass. Tumour markers were taken and he went on to have a radical inguinal orchidectomy. The specimen and histology are shown. Which testicular tumour markers were taken? What does their...

The NICE Guideline on Urinary Incontinence: the management of urinary incontinence in women

1 May 2014 | | URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology
Background Urinary incontinence (UI) is a common symptom that can affect women of all ages. It is difficult to estimate the prevalence of UI since it is often under-reported, although the Norwegian EPINCONT study looking at women over 20 reported...

How an ergonomic design is helping women overcome barriers in ISC

6 May 2020
Urinary incontinence, or loss of bladder control, is a frustrating problem for millions of people. Never knowing when and where one might have an accident can affect everything: from work to family and social life. It happens to both men...

The conservative assessment and treatment of mixed urinary and anal incontinence in women: a multidisciplinary approach

1 September 2019 | | URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology, URO - Neurourology
Mixed urinary incontinence Urinary incontinence (UI) is considered to be a highly prevalent condition; however, depending upon the definitions used, actual reported prevalence rates can vary significantly. The International Consultation on Incontinence (ICI) review [1], reported unadjusted prevalence estimates for...