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In conversation with Mr Duncan Summerton

1 November 2018 | URO - Core Urology
Urology News was delighted to recently have a chat with Duncan Summerton, Consultant Urological Surgeon in Leicester and new President of BAUS. Duncan with a native wild brown trout caught on a dry fly on the Derbyshire Wye. Can you...

Theatre utilisation in urology theatres at a UK tertiary referral centre

1 September 2014 | | URO - Andrology, URO - Basic Science Research, URO - Endourology & Stones, URO - Infection, URO - Neurourology, URO - Paediatrics, URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology, URO - Technology, URO - Trauma & Emergency, URO - Urologic Oncology, URO - Uroradiology
Introduction The efficient use of operating theatres is important to ensure optimum cost-benefit for the hospital and to clear waiting lists. The key elements in the efficient use of operating theatres are: effective management and good communication, trained staff, appropriate...

New ultrasound imaging technique reliably spots prostate cancer, initial patient trial reveals

16 January 2025
A groundbreaking new imaging approach developed by researchers at Heriot-Watt University has shown ‘extremely encouraging’ results in early-stage clinical trials on prostate cancer at the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh, Scotland. The ongoing clinical trial demonstrated an initial 94% sensitivity...

In conversation with James Green

3 October 2023 | URO - Core Urology
We were delighted to catch up with James Green, Consultant Urological Surgeon and new President of the Royal Society of Medicine Section of Urology. Can you tell us a little bit about what led you into the field of urology...

The impact of FGM on the genitourinary system: a 2021 perspective

3 March 2021 | | URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology, URO - Trauma & Emergency
Awareness of female genital mutilation (FGM) in European countries has increased over recent decades as a result of globalisation and migration of populations. The World Health Organization (WHO) describes FGM as procedures that involve partial or total removal of the...

Digital Twins: From NASA to the clinic

7 May 2026 | | URO - Technology
Clinical practice generates an enormous amount of patient data – histories, observations, blood results, imaging and molecular biomarkers. The problem is that these data streams rarely talk to each other. Instead, we use them in isolation, when what we actually...

Prostatic fruit

2 May 2025 | | 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). The topic for this month’s article was stimulated by two recent occurrences. The...

Training to be a urologist: how risky is it?

1 May 2018 | | URO - Andrology, URO - Basic Science Research, URO - Endourology & Stones, URO - Infection, URO - Neurourology, URO - Paediatrics, URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology, URO - Trauma & Emergency, URO - Urologic Oncology, URO - Uroradiology, URO - Technology
The NHS and urology face challenging times in trying to provide quality patient care efficiently and economically. Urology trainees are experiencing conflicting pressures with a new contract, a challenging on-call system and changing training requirements in an overstretched, centralised service...

New App supports home monitoring of urology conditions

3 February 2026 | Company Profiles, Research & Development
Azur Innovation recently launched PQtap, a mobile application designed to support the home monitoring of a range of urology conditions. The app is available on Apple’s App Store and Google Play and may be recommended by healthcare professionals to patients...

Challenges of catheter associated urinary tract infection: is prevention better than cure?

1 November 2017 | | URO - Infection, URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology
Catheterisation is a common medical procedure in which a catheter (a hollow flexible tube) is inserted into the bladder in order to facilitate the drainage of urine. Catheters are usually passed into the bladder via the urethra, either to be...

Delivering a laparoscopic urology workshop in West Africa: our initial experience in Senegal

4 September 2020 | | URO - Endourology & Stones, URO - Technology
Despite universal adoption and significant technological innovation since its inception around 30 years ago, access to laparoscopic surgery remains lacking in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Whilst some progress has been made in recent years to bridge the gap with the developed...

Simulation-based training of procedural skills: application and integration of educational theories

1 November 2017 | | URO - Andrology, URO - Basic Science Research, URO - Endourology & Stones, URO - Infection, URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology, URO - Neurourology, URO - Paediatrics, URO - Trauma & Emergency, URO - Urologic Oncology, URO - Uroradiology, URO - Technology
Educational theories: how familiar are we with these theories and their application in our training? As a Simulation Fellow I have been involved in teaching specific procedural skills and running full immersion simulation sessions. This experience has exposed me to...