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RN or PN for small RCCs – the debate continues

1 March 2016 | | Infection, Urologic Oncology
This is a retrospective study to evaluate kidney function and overall survival (OS) in patients who underwent partial nephrectomy (PN) and radical nephrectomy (RN) for RCCs <4cm. They looked at 2110 patients who underwent RN/PN for T1a renal cell carcinomas...

Use of Clavien-Dindo classification in urology part 1 – pelvic surgery

1 March 2016 | | Urologic Oncology
There is no widely accepted system to classify postoperative complications. It is necessary to compare the outcome and complications while validating a new surgical procedure or one of the surgical approaches of a particular condition. Several parameters have long been...

The Underactive Bladder

1 November 2016 | | Functional Urology, Neurourology
For many, a diagnosis of an underactive or atonic bladder represents the end of the line in terms of management options. It remains a poorly understood and even more poorly appreciated condition, both in terms of underlying pathophysiology and alternatives...

Prostate Cancer Diagnosis – PSA, Biopsy and Beyond

1 September 2015 | | Basic Science Research, Urologic Oncology
The danger of many of the texts which deal with this rapidly changing field is that by the time the texts are published they are out of date. This book however remains fresh, in part because it acknowledges that there...

Urinary Stones – Medical and Surgical Management

1 March 2015 | | Endourology and Stones, Reconstructive Urology, Trauma and Emergency Urology
This book is nicely adapted to cover both the medical and surgical management of urinary stone disease. Those chapters dealing with the surgical management of stone disease are dealt with unsurprisingly well – delivered with a relaxed and conversational prose...

Atlas of Male Genitourethral Surgery – The Illustrated Guide

1 March 2015 | | Andrology, Reconstructive Urology, Trauma and Emergency Urology
This is a surprisingly good text which I am sure will represent a useful addition to anyone’s library. It is most likely to be sought after by those in higher surgical training grades who are seeking that all-important exposure to...

Penn Clinical Manual of Urology

1 November 2014 |
This is a powerhouse of a textbook. Small enough to fit into a modest briefcase (but not quite small enough to fit into the pocket of a white coat – for those who remember them) it punches well above its...

Adolescents and adults in paediatric urology clinics

1 March 2015 | | Paediatric Urology | Adolescents, Pediatric urology, Transition clinic
This elegant descriptive paper retrospectively reviewed cases seen in a paediatric urology clinic with respect to age, diagnosis and presentations in a major Brazilian city. Of 521 patients, 404 were <12 years old, 103 were between 12-18 and 14 were...

Thermal ablative techniques for small renal masses

1 July 2017 | | Technological Developments, Urologic Oncology
The incidence of renal cell carcinoma has increased over the past decade which can be partly attributed to the increased use of imaging modalities [1,2]. Nephron sparing procedures for the management of small renal tumours have gained popularity which include...

Bladder cancer: where are we with intravesical therapies?

1 July 2016 | | 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...

‘No Deal’ Brexit – how might it impact urological practice in the UK?

1 September 2018 |
On 29 March 2017, the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland triggered Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, formally starting the two-year period for talks with the European Union (EU) in which to reach a...

Inpatient care of patients with established spinal cord injury - what a general urologist needs to know

1 January 2014 | | Neurourology, Trauma and Emergency Urology
Introduction Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a devastating, life-changing condition, which is currently irreversible. Depending on the level of the spinal cord affected (and whether the lesion is complete or incomplete), patients may subsequently develop reduced voluntary motor function, sensory...