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Refining management of non-visible haematuria

2 March 2022 | | Functional Urology, Infection, Urologic Oncology | costs and cost analysis, hematuria, practice guidelines as topic, urinary bladder neoplasms
The optimal evaluation of non-visible haematuria (NVH) continues to be debated, with competing interests of avoidance underdiagnosis and the harms of over-testing. Current National Institute for Health & Care Excellent (NICE) guidance recommends referral for patients ≥60 years with NVH....

EMUC19 - 11th European Multidisciplinary Congress on Urological Cancers

14 November 2019 -17 November 2019
Don’t miss the great opportunity to present your innovative research or to attend the 11th European Multidisciplinary Congress on Urological Cancers (EMUC19) from 14-17 November 2019 in Vienna, Austria. Registration is now open. You can submit your onco-urology abstract before...

The role of PET-CT imaging in prostate cancer

4 October 2021 | | Urologic Oncology
Prostate cancer (PCa) is the second most common cancer in the UK, with 43,000 cases in 2017-18 [1,2]. Accurate primary staging and the detection of suspected recurrence following treatment is vital for directing management and predicting prognosis. This has conventionally...

In conversation with Roger Kirby

3 September 2020
We were delighted to catch up with Roger Kirby, new President of the RSM, about his illustrious career in urology. Can you tell us a little bit about what led you into the field of urology and what have been...

Solifenacin for children and adolescents with overactive bladders

1 January 2018 | | Basic Science Research, Functional Urology, Paediatric Urology | adolescents, child, overactive, solifenacin succinate, urinary bladder, urinary incontinence
Solifenacin (VESIcare®) is the second-line anti-muscarinic medication of choice for my patients with overactive bladder (oxybutynin being my initial choice). However, currently, it remains unlicensed for use in children. Newgreen et al. have evaluated the long-term safety and efficacy of...

Solifenacin and mirabegron are safe and effective in combination

1 September 2015 | | Functional Urology | Combination therapy, Mirabegron, Overactive bladder, Solifenacin
Antimuscarinic agents remain the mainstay of medical management of bladder overactivity. Limited somewhat by their tolerability, the new agent mirabegron, a β3-adrenoreceptor agonist, has been approved as an alternative. There is little known however about the possible synergistic effects of...

Artists in urology

1 July 2021 | | Technological Developments
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/museum). For July/August 2021, I’m joined by Lucy Brooks, Urology Trainee, who was keen...

Read all about it Mar/Apr 2020

9 March 2020 | 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...

Urethroplasty: a review of indications, techniques and outcomes

1 March 2018 | | Reconstructive Urology
Urethral stricture is the most common cause of lower urinary tract obstruction in men aged between 20 and 40, carrying an estimated overall prevalence of 0.5% in the UK [1] and results in around 17,000 hospital admissions annually [2]. Endoscopic...

The medical management of LUTS/BPH – an update

1 July 2018 | | Functional Urology
For many years it has been recognised by both medical professionals and the general public that the development of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) is highly prevalent and is predominantly age-dependent. Medical professionals understand that in men this is often,...

Pyonephrosis: is the kidney always doomed?

9 March 2020 | | Endourology and Stones
Pyonephrosis (Greek pyon ‘pus’ + nephros ‘kidney’) is defined in Campbell-Walsh Urology [1] as an infected hydro-nephrosis associated with suppurative destruction of the renal parenchyma which results in total or near total loss of renal function. The true incidence of...

Management of lower urinary tract foreign bodies

3 March 2021 | | Trauma and Emergency Urology
Of all the urological emergencies presenting to the emergency department, perhaps one of the most technically challenging cases is the patient with a foreign body in the genitourinary (GU) tract. A wide variety of GU foreign bodies have been reported...