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Upper tract abnormalities

Case 1 Figure 1. A 26-year-old female presents to A&E with loin pain. What do the CT images in Figures 1 (left, centre and right) show? What is the prevalence of the congenital anomaly in the general population, and is...

IBSA UK&I assumes direct commercial responsibility for ialuril® in the UK and Ireland

Transition supports continuity of supply and aligns ialuril® with IBSA’s expanding UK uro-gynaecology portfolio. Watford, UK – IBSA UK&I, the UK subsidiary of Swiss pharmaceutical company IBSA, today announces that it will assume direct responsibility for the commercialisation and distribution...

Urology News Imaging Competition 2025 – winners!

This year saw the launch of the first Urology News Imaging Competition, sponsored by Karl Storz UK. We were delighted to receive a large and diverse range of entries with a wide interpretation of the brief, showcasing that there really...

Urology Podcasts and NotebookLM

Podcasts, downloadable or streamable digital audio / video shows, have surged in popularity over the last five years due to the ubiquity of smartphones, high-speed mobile networks, and accessible content creation technology. They offer on-the-go access to expert discussions, clinical...

An account of training and practice of urology in Nigeria

Nigeria is the most populous nation on the continent of Africa. Within the country, there are 33,303 general hospitals and 59 tertiary hospitals to serve a population of approximately 210 million people [1]. Specialty-based practice of urology is domiciled in...

Is laparoscopic urological training in Sub-Saharan Africa a goal worth pursuing? Observations from my experience with IVUmed in Senegal

Laparoscopic surgery has developed at an unimaginable pace over the last three decades. The first laparoscopic cholecystectomy was performed by Dr Phillip Mouret in France in 1987, with the first series of 63 cases published in 1989 [1]. However, its...

‘Man van’ launched to speed up cancer diagnosis and improve healthcare access

The ‘Man Van’, an innovative new outreach programme, was launched in March this year to provide free health checks for men and boost early diagnosis of prostate and other urological cancers. The mobile health clinic will visit workplaces and churches...

Post radical nephrectomy presenting with skull metastasis

We present the case of an 83-year-old female who underwent right radical nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Despite negative surgical margins, the patient presented with a skull metastasis six years post radical nephrectomy. This case highlights the importance of...

New study shows UK may finally be ready for prostate cancer screening

Prostate Cancer UK study shows tens of thousands fewer men each year face unnecessary harm thanks to new screening techniques. New research by Prostate Cancer UK shows that the UK may finally be in a position to roll out a...

Urolink: past, present, future

The mission of Urolink, a sub-committee of the British Association of Urological Surgeons (BAUS) since 1996, has been: “To promote and encourage the provision of appropriate urological expertise and education worldwide, with particular emphasis on the materially disadvantaged.” The importance...

Votes for Women!

In this series of articles, I show you some of the exhibits contained in the Museum of Urology, hosted on the BAUS website (www.baus.org.uk). Whilst identifying instruments for the Creative Health and Heritage Centre here in Leicester, I came across...

Consultant Urologist featured in national portrait exhibition

Doctor Banan Osman, Consultant Urologist Surgeon at Heartlands and Solihull Hospitals, is featured in a national portrait exhibition currently on display in London. The exhibition, titled ‘Insight: Portraits of Women in Surgery’, is being held at the Hunterian Museum, part...