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Emergency department revisits for patients with ureteral stones

1 May 2017 | | Endourology and Stones, Trauma and Emergency Urology | emergency service, hospital, kidney, pain, ureter, urolithiasis
The authors aimed to identify clinical predictors for emergency department (ED) revisits in patients diagnosed with ureteral stones. Patients presenting between 2010 and 2013 were included. Those who were admitted at the initial presentation were excluded. CT scans were reviewed...
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Psychosocial distress in parents of children with DSD

4 May 2020 | | Paediatric Urology | Disorders of Sex Development, intersex, psychosocial, parents, psychological distress
Disorders of sex development (DSD) are a rare set of medical conditions with prevalence rates ranging between 1:00 to 1:5000 births. Secondary atypical genitalia is seen in a subset. Psychosocial aspects have until recently been understudied. We know that some...
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Advanced prostate cancer and chemotherapy

4 May 2020 | | Urologic Oncology
The treatment pathway for advanced prostate cancer is both puzzling and complex and varies from centre to centre in the UK. The National Prostate Cancer Audit Report 2019 for England and Wales shows that only a quarter of men with...
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Increased use of active surveillance for men with intermediate risk prostate cancer

3 September 2021 | | Urologic Oncology | prostatic neoplasms, risk, watchful waiting
The optimal management of men with intermediate risk prostate cancer remains unclear and continues to be debated. The authors interrogate the US National Cancer Database for 176,122 men diagnosed with intermediate risk prostate cancer between 2010 and 2016. Of these...

Imaging of varicoceles

1 January 2017 | | Uroradiology
A varicocele is a collection of dilated, tortuous spermatic veins of the pampiniform venous plexus. It is seen in 10-15% of the general population and is associated with both primary and secondary infertility. A varicocele is the most common cause...

The Nurse Practitioner in Urology

1 January 2017 |
This book is designed to meet the needs of nurse practitioners, advanced practice nurses and physician assistants working in urology in the US where Advanced Practice Certification, although not mandatory, is highly sought after by employers and service users alike....

LogixX Fertility product range expanded

23 April 2020 | Company Profiles
LogixX Fertility (a division of LogixX Pharma Ltd) specialise in commercialising Fertility and Sexual Health Products and has recently expanded its portfolio to bring new diagnostics...

Focal therapy trials

6 November 2020 | | Urologic Oncology
Men with localised prostate cancer have traditionally required whole gland treatment involving radical prostatectomy or radical radiation treatment, independent of disease location and size. Increasing evidence supports the use of active treatment only in those men diagnosed with prostate cancer...

Renal masses

2 March 2022 | | Urologic Oncology
Case 1 A 70-year-old female presented under the medical team with malaise, weight loss, and deranged liver function tests (LFTs) and calcium (ALP 350, GGT 650, Serum bilirubin 29, normal aminotransferases, Ca 3.3). An abdominal ultrasound scan (USS) was performed...

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...

Recent developments in bladder cancer – NMIBC

3 May 2022 | | Urologic Oncology
Every year, roughly 10,300 individuals are diagnosed with bladder cancer in the UK, making it the 11th most common cancer in the UK, and the eighth most common cancer in men [1]. Of those diagnosed with the disease, 75-85% will...

What’s new in post prostatectomy incontinence?

1 January 2017 | | Functional 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...