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Post-Brexit deal welcomed but leaves future relationship with EU far from settled

1 June 2021 |
This article was originally published EYE NEWS VOLUME 27 ISSUE 6 APRIL/MAY 2021 Rod McNeil breaks down the impact of the Brexit deal on healthcare in the UK, including medicines regulation, research funding, sharing of information and the ability to...

Internet privacy

8 November 2021 | | URO - Core Urology
What is internet privacy? Internet privacy or online privacy is the level of privacy protection an individual has while connected to the internet regarding their own data. Privacy includes personally identifiable information such as the data that can be used...

Nocturnal enuresis in children

1 May 2017 | | URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology, URO - Paediatric Urology
Introduction Nocturnal enuresis is the complaint of bedwetting. The 2010 National Institute for Health & Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines define bedwetting as the “involuntary wetting during sleep without any inherent suggestion of frequency of bedwetting or pathophysiology” [1]. Bedwetting is...

Penile fracture

1 May 2018 | | URO - Uroradiology, URO - Trauma & Emergency, URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology
Traumatic rupture of the tunica albuginea with either one or both corpora cavernosa of the penis is known as penile fracture. This may be associated with corpus spongiosum or urethral injury. Incidence Penile fracture was reported for the first time...

The role of an enhanced recovery protocol in patients undergoing robotic radical cystectomy

1 July 2014 | | URO - Urologic Oncology
Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocols are patient pathways designed to reduce surgical stress and accelerate postoperative recovery. Uptake of such protocols in colorectal surgery in particular has been high, however ERAS protocols developed or utilised in urological surgery have...

Predictive factors for conservative treatment failure in paediatric blunt renal trauma

1 March 2017 | | URO - Paediatric Urology, URO - Trauma & Emergency
Blunt renal trauma is managed conservatively in children in the vast majority of cases. Grade IV renal injury is also generally managed non-operatively although occasionally intervention is needed for a urinoma that fails to settle. These authors retrospectively looked at...

Day-case monopolar and bipolar transurethral resection of the prostate

1 September 2015 | | URO - Endourology & Stones
The aim of this study was to assess the safety and efficacy of performing monopolar (mTURP) and bipolar transurethral resection of prostate (bTURP) as a day-case. This was a prospective two-centre study. One centre performed day-case mTURP (group M) and...
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Long term outcomes of primary ureterovesicostomy for the primary obstructive megaureter

6 November 2024 | | URO - Paediatric Urology
Primary obstructive megaureter is dilatation of the ureter secondary to narrowing at the vesicoureteric junction (VUJ). Many (80%) require no intervention, however, a select number do for worsening hydroureteronephrosis, decreasing renal function, prolonged drainage time, recurrent urinary tract infections or...

ICS updates on continence care: what’s hot in physiotherapy after 80 years?

1 March 2016 | | URO - Technology
Origins of pelvic floor physiotherapy Physiotherapy, and in particular pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) is nowadays first-line management for pelvic floor dysfunction (PFD). PFMT is originally attributed to Dr Arthur Kegel, hence the term Kegel exercises. Indeed, he was the...

Demanding cases or nightmares in endourology? Jan/Feb 2017

1 January 2017 | | URO - Endourology & Stones
In the fifth article in this series the authors describe some of the most complex cases they have encountered. Case 1 A 45-year-old woman was admitted under the care of the medical team with shortness of breath, renal failure and...

ERIC (The Children's Bowel and Bladder Charity) Toilet training inc. children with additional needs

30 September 2024
This half day session on Children with Additional Needs looks at the normal acquisition of bowel and bladder control, and the obstacles that may arise. Using the tools available on the ERIC website, we will explore the importance of assessment of bladder and bowel health and of readiness for toilet training, and how to apply what we learn to design individual toileting programmes.

Retroperitoneal Robotic Partial Nephrectomy Course

8 May 2025
This unique training course combines live surgery, robotic-assisted retroperitoneal partial nephrectomy procedures with intra-operative ultrasound imaging and 3D vascular imaging. Live audio-visual feeds from theatre will transmit the surgical cases directly to the seminar room with two-way interaction.