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Consent Part 2
See Part 1 on this topic here Case 1 A 77 year old lady presents to the Emergency Department confused and generally unwell. She is septic and, on imaging, is found to have a 9mm obstructing right sided proximal ureteric...BAUS Annual Scientific Meeting 2024
Day 1 Toni Huw Mihailidis and Mriganka Mani Sinha Another year and another brilliant meeting in which urologists from the UK and around the globe assembled for a highly entertaining event. Day one kicked off with a topical and ever-pervasive...Joaquín Albarrán (1860–1912), the gifted promise
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). Does the name Joaquín Albarrán mean anything to you? Maybe you remember using...Prostate cancer
Case 1 What is prostate specific antigen (PSA) and what is its function? According to the ERSPC Trial (at 13 years), what was the number needed to screen and diagnosed to prevent one prostate cancer death and what was the...Recent developments in bladder cancer – MIBC
This article takes a look back over recent years at new innovations and developments relating to muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) specifically, and will also touch upon what the future may hold. This article is also written as a continuation of...Consent
See Part 2 on this topic here Case 1 A 15-year-old boy attends with his father to have a circumcision on a day case list. He had been seen previously by a colleague and noted to have a tight phimosis...Missed Meyer-Weigert duplex ureter during emergency ureteric stenting for ureteric stones
The Meyer-Weigert rule is a fundamental anatomical principle in urology that describes the typical orientation of ureteral orifices in duplex kidneys. In a duplex system, the upper pole ureter usually inserts inferomedially, while the lower pole ureter inserts superolaterally. This...
Beta 3 receptors in OAB
More and more is written on Beta 3 receptors in human bladders and their role in detrusor relaxation. This study from Japan investigated human Beta 3 AR gene which is polymorphic. One hundred women with overactive bladder (OAB) and 101...Delivering a laparoscopic urology workshop in West Africa: our initial experience in Senegal
Despite universal adoption and significant technological innovation since its inception around 30 years ago, access to laparoscopic surgery remains lacking in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Whilst some progress has been made in recent years to bridge the gap with the developed...9th National Urology Simulation Boot Camp
This is a 5-day, well-structured, standardised, high-intensity urology simulation training course for ST3 trainees. The Urology Simulation Boot Camp teaches the essential technical and non-technical skills for ST3 Urology Training and is open to newly appointed ST3s. It is designed for 80 candidates at ST3 grade or above.
Penn Clinical Manual of Urology: Third Edition
Traversing the spectrum of urology, this is the seventh iteration of this textbook, the third with Elsevier. It is clear from this edition that the team has been hard at work to update and fine-tune this resource. The preface of...
