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Male LUTS: where do we stand?

11 August 2021 | | Functional Urology, Infection
Patients’ preferences and expectations depend on cultural, geographical, economic and national factors. Data from different countries should be interpreted with caution when applied to the individual patient. Patients rarely seek help for benign prostatic obstruction (BPO) unless urinary retention occurs,...

New Stress Urinary Incontinence Device, Efemia Bladder Support, now on NHS prescription

15 June 2020 | Research & Development
AGHealth, distributors of innovative obstetric and gynaecology devices, are proud to announce that Efemia Bladder Support is now on NHS Prescription, helping improve the lives of women affected by Stress Urinary Incontinence (SUI).
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Chronic retention – all you need to know

7 July 2020 | | Functional Urology, Infection
Chronic retention – all you need to know Chronic urinary retention is a common presentation in elderly and frail patients. Two types should be recognised - low pressure chronic retention (LPCR) and high pressure chronic retention (HPCR). Acute-on-chronic retention occurs...

Urethral stenosis after radiation therapy for prostate cancer

13 December 2023 | | Urologic Oncology | Prostate cancer, Radiation complications, Radiation stenosis, Radiation stricture, Retrograde urethrogram, Urethral stenosis, Urethral stricture
One of the most common causes of bladder outflow obstruction in post radiotherapy (RT) cases is urethral stenosis. These cases are miserable and moribund with poor flow rates, incomplete bladder emptying, recurrent urinary tract infections and haematuria. The reported incidence...

In conversation with Sarika Nalagatla

29 June 2023 |
We were delighted to catch up with Sarika Nalagatla, new Chair of the BAUS Section of Trainees (BSoT) about her life as a trainee urologist and plans for the association. Can you tell us a little bit about what led...

Should it be a mandatory requirement for medical students to receive the COVID-19 vaccine to attend clinical attachments?

11 August 2021 | | COVID-19 - Urology News
The vast majority of medical students have positive attitudes towards the COVID-19 vaccine for themselves and patients, however, what about the small inevitable minority who resist it? Should they be prevented from attending clinical attachments in the NHS? It is...

The medical management of LUTS/BPH – an update

1 July 2018 | | Functional Urology
For many years it has been recognised by both medical professionals and the general public that the development of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) is highly prevalent and is predominantly age-dependent. Medical professionals understand that in men this is often,...

Testicular tumour imaging

1 January 2018 | | Urologic Oncology, Uroradiology
Testicular tumours are the most common tumour in young males with a peak incidence seen between 25 and 34 years [1]. The overall incidence is slowly increasing, although the exact reasons for this are uncertain, and there is a greater...

Seminal vesicle calculi

1 January 2016 | | Uroradiology
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...

Read all about it Jan/Feb 2019

1 January 2019 | Andrology, Functional Urology, Urologic Oncology
It can be awkward when a patient asks you about a report in their favourite tabloid detailing an amazing research breakthrough or a ‘cutting-edge’ new treatment / test and you don’t know what they are talking about! So this section...

Stereotactic body radiotherapy for oligometastatic disease secondary to urological cancer

1 January 2016 | | Urologic Oncology, Technological Developments
The concept of oligometastatic disease is controversial. The traditional model of cancer, which most of us learnt at medical school, is of a disease which starts confined to an organ, for example the prostate, where it can be cured with...

Ejaculatory dysfunction and the treatment of LUTS

1 November 2014 | | Andrology, Functional Urology
For years ejaculatory dysfunction in men following medical or surgical treatment of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) was thought to be a result of disruption of the bladder neck mechanism and the subsequent retrograde flow of semen. Men commenced on...