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Comparative effectiveness of nephron sparing surgery vs ablation

1 May 2014 | | URO - Urologic Oncology
Nephron sparing surgery (NSS) and minimally invasive modality of thermal ablation have attracted great attention as an alternative surgical treatment to radical nephrectomy (RN) for renal tumours <4cm. High quality evidence comparing disease specific survival (DSS) is lacking. This issue...

Men's Liberty case study reduces catheter days with ZERO CAUTI: Management of Urinary Incontinence in Retracted Penis

7 March 2023
Men’s Liberty™ is the innovative alternative to traditional male external catheters.

Bupa covers accurate PSE prostate cancer blood test

9 April 2025 | Contracts & Distributors, Research & Development
A new era in prostate cancer detection is emerging with the EpiSwitch® PSE blood test, a highly accurate tool that enhances early diagnosis while significantly cutting false positives. Now covered by Bupa as a pre-biopsy test, PSE has demonstrated 94%...
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Percutaneous nephrolithotomy: wisdom, dogma, paradigm and myths

4 November 2025 | | URO - Urologic Oncology
A non-transpapillary technique appears to ease access to the kidney – the most critical step in percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PNL) – when compared to the classic transpapillary approach. Remarkably, the earliest descriptions of percutaneous access by Goodwin et al. in 1955...

The best stone man north of the border

4 July 2024 | | URO - Technology
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 1860, Sir Henry Thompson (1820–1904), the famous 19th century English surgeon and...

Stent: the name behind the name

1 November 2017 | | URO - Endourology & Stones, URO - Technology
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...

History of prostate biopsy – part 2

1 September 2018 | | URO - Basic Science Research, URO - Urologic Oncology, URO - Technology
For Part 1 of this topic is available here. The major limitations of the transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) guided prostate biopsy (PBx) protocols are the risk of profound sepsis and the risk of persistently significant false negative rates, related to the...

The role of specialist therapeutic radiographers in the treatment and care of men with prostate cancer

1 March 2016 | | URO - Urologic Oncology
The Statement of Intent: Cancer Strategy for England: 2015-2020 indicates that the number of people diagnosed with cancer each year will continue to grow rapidly due to the ageing population. There is also a requirement to diagnose and offer patients...

Intravesical GAG replacement therapies for bladder pain syndrome / interstitial cystitis – an update

4 May 2020 | | URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology, URO - Infection, URO - Basic Science Research
The barrier function of the glycosaminoglycan (GAG) layer of the urothelium was identified by Parsons in 1975, and intravesical therapies to treat chronic inflammatory conditions of the bladder were developed soon after. However, the active role of the urothelium in...

Dr Glaucomflecken: Stayin’ Alive

1 November 2022 |
Peter Cackett spoke to ophthalmologist and social media sensation Dr Glaucomflecken about his early days in comedy, the role satire can play in impacting medical governance, and where he might take his brand of medical comedy next. It was towards...

Preparing for the FRCS (Urol) viva

1 September 2017 | | URO - Core Urology
Ping! You look down to your phone and you have just received an email saying, “Congratulations, you have now successfully completed The Joint Committee on Intercollegiate Examinations section 1 of the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons (Urol) exam.”...

Prostate artery embolisation

1 August 2016 | | URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology, URO - Uroradiology
Introduction Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), a common condition associated with ageing, affects 50% of those between the ages of 50 and 60 years, and as many as 90% of those older than 80 years. BPH is characterised by unregulated, benign...