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An update on lower pole stone management for 2015

1 March 2015 | Anna E Wright, Daron Smith | Endourology and Stones

Introduction Urolithiasis is an increasing healthcare problem, with an estimated lifetime prevalence of up to 15% [1]. The number of interventions undertaken for stone disease has increased dramatically over recent years, particularly with respect to ureteroscopy and percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL)...

Urinary NGAL, KIM-1 and L-FABP concentrations in antenatal hydronephrosis

1 March 2016 | Henrik Steinbrecher | Paediatric Urology | Antenatal hydronephrosis, Kidney injury molecule-1, Liver-type fatty acid-binding proteins, Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin, Renal injury

he elusive search for being able to diagnose pelvi-ureteric junction obstruction (PUJO) continues and this group of researchers investigated the possible clinical application of urinary neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (uNGAL), urinary kidney injury molecule-1 (uKIM-1) and urinary liver-type fatty acid-binding proteins...

Loop-tail stents in reducing stent related symptoms – the search continues

2 March 2022 | Karthik Rajan | Endourology and Stones | #EndoUrology, #Urology, LUTS, RIRS, URS, double J, loop-tail stents, stent-related symptoms, Ureteroscopy, urinary calculi

Insertion of double J (DJ) stents is one of the most commonly performed procedures in urology. One of its major drawbacks is stent related symptoms (SRS) which has generated a lot of research in drugs, stent design and materials. One...

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BUS for urethral stricture

1 July 2022 | Arun K Sharma | Andrology, Trauma and Emergency Urology, Urologic Oncology

The earliest description of urethral stricture and its treatment occurred in the sixth century BC in India. A wide variety of factors can lead to stricture disease e.g. iatrogenic, urinary tract infection (UTI), sexually transmitted infections, catheters, trauma to the...

Prostate cancer survivorship: a new path for uro-oncology

1 July 2015 | Sanchia S Goonewardene, Raj Persad (Prof), Veronica Nanton, Annie Young (Prof), Adel Makar | Urologic Oncology

Over two million people in England have a diagnosis of cancer [1]. Of this figure, over 250,000 have been diagnosed with prostate cancer [2]. However, during the next decade, a rapid increase in the number of new cancer diagnoses, as...

Medical journal readers

1 November 2014 | Ivo Dukic | Technological Developments

Keeping up to date with a variety of urology and medical journals can be an onerous task. Each year there is an ever-expanding number of medical journals and finding a way to sift through relevant information in medical journals and...

Sepsis syndrome in urology

1 November 2015 | Christian Nayar, Aniket Deshpande, Richard Porter | Infection

There are approximately 100,000 cases of sepsis per year in the UK, of which 37,000 result in death (this is more than prostate cancer, breast cancer, HIV / AIDS and road traffic accidents combined). Urosepsis is defined as sepsis caused...

The expanding indications for ureteroscopy – ad maiora!

1 March 2019 | Lily Whitehurst, Bhaskar K Somani | Endourology and Stones, Paediatric Urology, Technological Developments

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...

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