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YouTube for vaginal mesh information

1 September 2014 | | Functional Urology
Social media networks and websites are extensively used in healthcare. This interesting study examines information available on YouTube videos for pelvic organ prolapse (POP) repairs with mesh. Forty-nine videos were viewed. Sources were 69% legal firms, 24% medical institutions and...

Increasing patient hydration through technology

4 July 2024 | | Functional Urology, Infection, Paediatric Urology
Achieving optimal hydration is crucial particularly for patients with nephrolithiasis. Research suggests that intake should approach 2.5–3.5 litres per day to allow for the daily excretion of 2–3 litres of dilute urine [1]. Unfortunately, patient compliance is known to be...

How to clear backlogs after Covid-19

27 April 2020 | COVID-19
With clinics and surgery postponed, we can help your patients with cystitis and...

Inguino-scrotal sarcomas

1 May 2019 | | Andrology, Urologic Oncology, Uroradiology
A sarcoma is a malignant tumour that originates from mesenchymal cells such as adipose tissue, bone, cartilage and smooth muscle. Although these tumours histologically do not originate from the urogenital tract, urologists are often involved in their diagnosis and management...

Conservative management of pelviureteric junction

13 March 2023 | | Reconstructive Urology, Paediatric Urology
Background Pelviureteric junction obstruction (PUJO) is defined as a functionally significant impairment of urine flow from the renal pelvis into the proximal ureter. For more than a century, surgery was considered the first-choice approach to management. However, the widespread use...

Artificial penile pearls: what every Urologist should know!

1 July 2019 | | Andrology, Functional Urology, Infection, Trauma and Emergency Urology
Penile implants are inert objects placed beneath the skin of the penis through an incision. These are variously referred to as Yakuza beads, pearls, ball bearings, speed bumps, penile marbles, inserts, etc. The term ‘penile implant’ described here should not...

Do not hesitate and start using the hashtag, #UroSoMe!

1 May 2019 | | Technological Developments
In recent years, the digitisation of scientific information has been astonishing and the use of social networks has been increasing worldwide. Social networks play a fundamental role in the dissemination of information and scientific knowledge in the field of urology...

Priapism in sickle cell disease

2 March 2022 | | Andrology
What is sickle cell disease? Sickle cell disease (SCD) is one of the most common single-gene disorders in the UK affecting approximately one in every 2000 live births. Approximately 20-25 million people worldwide have SCD. It predominately affects those of...

Mesh in urological surgery in the UK – background, reviews and current status

1 May 2019 | | Functional Urology, Infection, Neurourology
All UK urologists, unless they have been on a 10-year silent retreat, are by now aware of the controversy surrounding surgical use of mesh in general and urological / urogynaecological use of mesh for the surgical treatment of stress urinary...

The BSoT buddy scheme at BAUS 2023: a new initiative for fostering international relationships

8 January 2024 |
The BSoT committee at BAUS, many of whom where involved with the inaugural buddy scheme. The buddy background By Nicholas Boxall, Specialty Registrar, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Immediate Past Chair of BSoT. The BAUS Section of Trainees (BSoT)...

Erectile dysfunction part II: treatment

1 May 2014 | | Andrology
Introduction The identification of specific risk factors associated with erectile dysfunction (ED) allows patients with mild or moderate ED to undergo a series of lifestyle changes, which may provide enough improvement in the erectile function to avoid pharmacotherapies. Cessation of...

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...