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Management of urological issues following genital gender affirmation surgery for individuals assigned female at birth
12 September 2023
| Aurélie Schimann, Matthew Megson, Andrew N Christopher, David J Ralph, Wai Gin Lee
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URO - Andrology
Gender incongruence arises when there is a mismatch between an individual’s gender identity and their sex assigned at birth. Genital gender affirmation surgery (GAS) is the final step of transition for transgender and non-binary individuals who experience gender incongruence. This...
Botulinum toxin – from the sausage poison to urology
4 May 2023
| Angela Kabia, Ian Beckley, Alison Downey
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URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology, URO - Infection
Botulinum toxin is the first biological toxin to be licensed for use in treating human disease and since its first therapeutic use in the early 1980s for strabismus has become widely used in the fields of ophthalmology, cosmetic surgery, migraine...
Catheters and incontinence after radical prostatectomy: Preparing (but not scaring) men
1 May 2018
| Margaret Macaulay, Kelly Hislop Lennie, Sinead Clark-O’Neill, Mandy Fader
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URO - Infection, URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology, URO - Urologic Oncology
Every year about 6000 men in the UK undergo radical prostatectomy (RP) for treatment of prostate cancer [1]. Despite surgical advances, RP continues to be associated with significant side-effects including urinary incontinence (UI) [2]. Immediately following removal of the urinary...
Testing radical prostatectomy in men with prostate cancer and oligometastases to the bone: a randomised controlled feasibility study
1 May 2017
| Prasanna Sooriakumaran
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URO - Urologic Oncology
Prostate cancer is the commonest cancer and the second most frequent cause of cancer death in Western men [1]. The recent STAMPEDE data suggests a median survival of just 42.1 months in the control arm of metastatic men [2]. Current...
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...
Use of Clavien-Dindo classification in urology part 2 – upper tract
1 May 2016
| Dafader MS Hossain, Sanjeev Madaan
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URO - Urologic Oncology
A classification system of surgical complications was proposed by Clavien in 1992 [1] and further modified by Dindo in 2004 [2]. Clavien-Dindo classification has since then been validated through many retrospective case series as well as in comparative studies to...
Delivering a laparoscopic urology workshop in West Africa: our initial experience in Senegal
4 September 2020
| Matthew Trail, Ali Thwaini, Lamine Niang, Zeeshan Aslam
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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
| Mussammet D Ahmed
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URO - Andrology, URO - Basic Science Research, URO - Endourology & Stones, URO - Infection, URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology, URO - Neurourology, URO - Paediatric Urology, 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...
An overview of changes to urology training
1 January 2017
| Roland Morley
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URO - Core Urology
Paediatric urology training A review of paediatric emergency services in the UK involving general surgery, urology and paediatric surgery was initiated due to the problems encountered by the lack of suitable experience outside large paediatric surgical units to deliver emergency...
Shared decision-making – minimising the mismatch
3 May 2024
| Wael Agur, Hashim Hashim (Prof)
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URO - Andrology, URO - Basic Science Research, URO - Endourology & Stones, URO - Infection, URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology, URO - Neurourology, URO - Paediatric Urology, URO - Trauma & Emergency, URO - Urologic Oncology, URO - Uroradiology
In Western countries, we are spoilt for choice in almost every aspect of our lives, but does that reflect also in healthcare? While we have taken some big strides towards shared decision-making with our patients, the age-old physician dominance remains...
An update on lower pole stone management for 2015
1 March 2015
| Anna E Wright, Daron Smith
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URO - Endourology & Stones
Introduction Urolithiasis is an increasing healthcare problem, with an estimated lifetime prevalence of up to 15% [1]. The number of interventions undertaken for stone disease has increased dramatically over recent years, particularly with respect to ureteroscopy and percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL)...