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What should we do with the incidentally detected renal cyst in a child?

The introduction of routine prenatal screening in the early 1980s resulted in paediatric urologists being confronted with the dilemma of what to do with antenatally-detected urinary tract dilatation, many of whom, we now know, do not require long-term surveillance or...

A viable alternative in prostate enucleation: PlasmaLEP

Lamidey Noury Medical is a French based factory with over 70 years of surgical expertise in electrosurgery. We proudly manufactured Plasma EDGE, a bipolar plasma resection system designed specifically for TURP and bladder tumour resection. We developed an innovative system...

Stent: the name behind the name

In this series of articles I am going to show you some of the exhibits contained in the Museum of Urology, hosted on the BAUS website (www.baus.org.uk). In this issue we will be looking at a word we use every...

An amateur’s trek into the Urology Boot Camp

Driven by a strong desire to pursue a career in medicine, I was lucky to get an opportunity to attend the Urology Boot Camp at Leeds while still in sixth form. Although urology is a postgraduate specialty, I wanted to...

Keep patients at the heart of treatment decision

Rebecca Porta, Chief Executive of The Urology Foundation, and Chris Whitehouse, Chair of the Urology Trade Association, mark Urology Awareness Month. Rebecca Porta. Chris Whitehouse. Keep patients at the heart of treatment decision This September marked Urology Awareness Month (UAM),...

Seminal vesicle calculi

Epidemiology Seminal vesicle calculi are uncommon with just over 100 cases being reported in the literature, although the true incidence is likely to be higher [1-9]. Patients usually present aged between 30 and 45 years old and although the pathogenesis...

Femeda commence innovative real world clinical trial for Pelviva

A major 330 patient randomised ‘real world’ clinical trial has commenced for Pelviva in conjunction with the University of Manchester and South Manchester GP federation. The trial will compare Pelviva against...

Time for tea

Kidney stone disease can be related to genetic, biochemical, and dietary factors. Much has been said about the link between tea and coffee consumption and risks of urinary stone formation. This is a systematic review using the PRISM statement with...

Comparing treatment modalities for transplant kidney VUR in the paediatric population

The management of Transplant kidney vesicoureteral reflux in the paediatric population is a heavily debated issue and Deflux® injection to manage VUR is both widely described in the literature and commonly practised. In this paper, these authors have put forth...

An overview of non-surgical treatment options for Peyronie’s disease

Peyronie’s disease (PD) is a therapeutic challenge despite the availability of several non-surgical and surgical options. Very few of these options are supported by good quality evidence according to the current American and European guidelines [1-3]. The period of plaque...

Urology in the Ancient Arab World

In this series of articles I am going to show you some of the exhibits contained in the Museum of Urology, hosted on the BAUS website (www.baus.org.uk). For May/June, urology trainee Bushra Abdelqader is helping me to delve into that...

Durability and complications of photoselective vaporisation of the prostate with GreenLightTM

Alternatives to the standard transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) in the management of bladder outflow obstruction due to prostatic hypertrophy are becoming more common. In this retrospective case series, the outcomes of 117 patients undergoing GreenLightTM lithium triborate photoselective...