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Prolapse surgery with mesh: where do we stand in 2017? An ICS update

1 November 2017 | Nikolau Veit-Rubin, Alex Digesu | URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology

Background Surgery for pelvic organ prolapse (POP) is common among women. The lifetime risk of undergoing at least one surgical procedure for POP is up to 20% [1]. This kind of surgery will be increasingly important due to an ageing...

Surgical video – part 1: intraoperative video recording and storage

1 March 2015 | Gaël Nana, Charisse Colvin, Omer Karim | URO - Technology

The use of digital technology has progressed in leaps and bounds and nowhere is this more apparent than in medicine and surgery. Footage of live surgery is now easily accessed on the internet or displayed at conferences. Thus, the 21st...

The expanding indications for ureteroscopy – ad maiora!

1 March 2019 | Lily Whitehurst, Bhaskar K Somani | URO - Endourology & Stones, URO - Paediatric Urology, URO - Technology

The management of urolithiasis is becoming a Herculean task for healthcare providers worldwide. The incidence of stone disease is rising, with predicted lifetime risk of 12% in males and 6% in females [1]. This rise relates to both improving imaging...

The surgical management of female stress urinary incontinence in a post-mesh era

7 July 2020 | Victoria Dawson, Angela Birnie, Suzie Venn | URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology, URO - Infection

Trends in surgical management of women with stress urinary incontinence (SUI) have changed in recent times, mainly due to the ‘High Vigilance Pause’ placed on the use of mesh for SUI (and prolapse) surgery in July 2018 following an independent...

Supporting return to clinical practice

8 November 2021 | Sophia Cashman, Felicity Reeves, Alice Hartley, Laura Waldron, Saiful Miah, Tina Rashid, Mary Garthwaite

There are many reasons for a clinician to take time away from clinical practice. These include parental leave, research, a period of ill health, a career break, or the opportunity to spend time pursuing other interests. At any one time,...

Challenges in urology during and after the COVID-19 pandemic: a trainee perspective

16 May 2022 | Meghana Ramachandra | URO - Core Urology

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...

Pushing the boundaries of urological research with trainee-led collaboration in the BURST Research Collaborative

1 March 2016 | Veeru Kasivisvanathan, Sophia Cashman, Marcus Cumberbatch, Ben Lamb, Arjun Nambiar, Taimur Shah, Mark Emberton | URO - Core Urology

Background: the concept of trainee-led research Over the past five years a novel and exciting collaborative approach to delivering research has been developed in the UK. Trainee-led regional and national research networks have been introduced, with the greatest success seen...

ICS updates in continence care: a personal perspective on the role of basic science in urology

1 March 2017 | Dominika Bijos | URO - Basic Science Research, URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology

At a urology research meeting in Sheffield a few years ago, a former post doctorate researcher in urology, Mathieu Boudes, said: “Stop calling it basic research, there is nothing basic about it. It is fundamental research to everything urologists do.”...

An update on antibiotic prophylaxis in TRUS-guided prostate biopsy

1 November 2016 | Dafader MS Hossain, Tamani Jayawardhana, Sanjeev Madaan | URO - Urologic Oncology, URO - Infection

Since its inception in the 1980s, transrectal ultrasound (TRUS)-guided prostate biopsy has remained the standard tool for the histological diagnosis of prostate cancer. There are several advantages to this technique which have led to the widespread use of TRUS in...

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