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Purple urine bag syndrome

1 July 2021 | Asif H Ansari, Tahseen Azim, Vaikuntam Srinivasan | URO - Infection, URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology, URO - Trauma & Emergency

Purple urine bag syndrome (PUBS) is an uncommon phenomenon where the tubing and urinary catheter bag is noticed to undergo purple discolouration. This has been linked with urinary tract infections (UTI), chronic debilitated states and prolonged catheterisation. PUBS was noticed...

Quality Improvement – how to get involved?

1 November 2018 | Susan Hall, Simon Williams, Barry Evans, Adam Gordon | URO - Core Urology

The General Medical Council (GMC) requires all trainee doctors to carry out Quality Improvement (QI) as part of our annual appraisal process [1]. Exactly what QI projects are and how to get involved is less widely understood. Traditionally surgical trainees...

Bladder cancer: where are we with intravesical therapies?

1 July 2016 | Hannah Wells, Mark Harris | URO - Urologic Oncology

In the United Kingdom, almost 10,500 new cases of bladder cancer were identified in 2013, with over 5000 deaths in 2012 [1]. Seventy percent of new cases will be non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) at diagnosis and therefore will be...

Sepsis syndrome in urology

1 November 2015 | Christian Nayar, Aniket Deshpande, Richard Porter | URO - Infection

There are approximately 100,000 cases of sepsis per year in the UK, of which 37,000 result in death (this is more than prostate cancer, breast cancer, HIV / AIDS and road traffic accidents combined). Urosepsis is defined as sepsis caused...

The bulbocavernosus reflex

6 January 2023 | Olushola Odusanya, Vaibhav Modgil, Ian Pearce | URO - Neurourology

Despite its first discovery predating the early-1940s, clinical application of the bulbocavernosus reflex (BCR) has been limited to date. The BCR traditionally involves contraction of the bulbo- and ischiocavernosus pelvic floor muscles, often referred to as the ‘bulbocavernosus muscle’, in...

Urology Podcasts and NotebookLM

2 July 2025 | Ivo Dukic | URO - Technology

Podcasts, downloadable or streamable digital audio / video shows, have surged in popularity over the last five years due to the ubiquity of smartphones, high-speed mobile networks, and accessible content creation technology. They offer on-the-go access to expert discussions, clinical...

A Core Trainee’s Guide to Preparing for a Career in Urology

1 March 2014 | Donal Bradley | URO - Core Urology

National Selection pits the best of the UK’s core surgical trainees (sorry – that includes EEC countries as well) against each other in a process that determines who is allowed to proceed into higher surgical training. For the successful, it...

A guide for the assessment and management of post-obstructive diuresis

1 March 2015 | Anand Shah, Gidon Ellis, Rajesh Kucheria | URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology

Acute urinary retention is a common condition encountered in the emergency situation and is initially managed by urethral catheterisation. This is often performed by nursing staff or junior doctors. Post-obstructive diuresis (POD) is a specific entity which may occur post...

Action Bladder Cancer UK awards grants for bladder cancer research

5 September 2024 | URO - Urologic Oncology

Action Bladder Cancer UK has granted funding to enable vital research into bladder cancer as part of its annual ABC UK Improving Outcomes for Patients Programme (https://actionbladdercanceruk.org/abc-uk-grants/). The five grant recipients will undertake significant studies, ranging from the analysis of...

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