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In conversation with Mary Garthwaite
30 August 2024
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URO - Core Urology
We were delighted to chat with Mary Garthwaite, former Consultant Urological Surgeon and Chair of The Urology Foundation, the UK’s only charity representing all urological cancers and conditions. Can you tell us a little bit about what led you into...
A ‘survival guide’ to an ST3 year in urology
1 January 2015
| Andrea Tay, Rob Gray
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URO - Core Urology
Following success in national selection, it soon dawns on the successful candidate that entry into higher surgical training (HST) requires more than a little clinical knowledge. The role requires administrative and organisational skills not hitherto called upon. This additional skill...
Urology: a missed opportunity for medical students
1 September 2014
| Timothy Schrire, Robert Doyle
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URO - Core Urology
For those of us lucky enough to have medical students attached to our teams at some time during their undergraduate training, the opportunity undoubtedly represents a refreshing chance to teach well-educated and enthusiastic clinicians at the very start of their...
A practical guide to success in National Selection
1 January 2014
| Gidon Ellis, Jonathan Makanjuola
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URO - Core Urology
Gidon Ellis and Jonathan Makanjuola were both selected at National Selection in 2012 for Urological Higher Surgical Training. Both were ranked first in their respective interview rounds that year. It is no mean feat. Having read their article – their...
Sexual dysfunction following prostate cancer treatment
4 March 2024
| Maria Harrington-Vogt, Aditya Manjunath, Nader Gaballa, Odunayo M Kalejaiye
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URO - Andrology, URO - Urologic Oncology
Prostate cancer is common with over 52,300 new cases diagnosed annually in the UK; this is expected to rise by 15% between 2023-2025 and 2038-2040 [1]. Radical prostatectomy continues to be the most common form of radical treatment for men...
Intravesical glycosaminoglycan analogue instillations for recurrent cystitis
1 May 2017
| Kevin Soon Hwee Teo, Suzanne Biers
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URO - Infection, URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology
Introduction The symptoms of recurrent cystitis can be triggered by inflammatory or infective causes. Bladder pain syndrome (BPS) and bacterial recurrent lower urinary tract infection can both present with symptoms of recurrent cystitis and cause significant morbidity in affected individuals....
Klinefelter’s syndrome
7 January 2020
| Josip Vukina, Philippa Sangster
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URO - Andrology, URO - Basic Science Research, URO - Paediatric Urology
Klinefelter’s syndrome (KF) is the most frequent sex chromosome abnormality with an estimated prevalence of 1 in 500 to 1 in 700 newborn males and 1 in 10 in men with azoospermia. While the majority of cases are an XXY...
Dr Glaucomflecken: Stayin’ Alive
1 November 2022
| Peter Cackett
Peter Cackett spoke to ophthalmologist and social media sensation Dr Glaucomflecken about his early days in comedy, the role satire can play in impacting medical governance, and where he might take his brand of medical comedy next. It was towards...
Challenges in urology during and after the COVID-19 pandemic: a trainee perspective
16 May 2022
| Meghana Ramachandra
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URO - Covid-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected urological practice in many ways and at all levels. Social media has been set alight with the hashtag #NoTrainingTodayNoSurgeonsTomorrow highlighting the undesired consequences of the reduction in training opportunities. The impact has been considered by...
Sustainable healthcare: what steps can urologists take?
3 November 2022
| Amelia Crew
Human health is intrinsically linked to environmental health, making the ever-pressing climate crisis fundamentally a public health emergency. The healthcare sector is responsible for 8% of the UK’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions worldwide [1]. As the largest publicly funded healthcare...
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...
