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Can PET/CT help in selecting treatment for patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer more appropriately?

1 March 2014 | | Basic Science Research, Urologic Oncology
Radical cystectomy is one of the most drastic procedures that urological patients have to undergo with a five-year mortality of around 50% in those with organ-confined disease at presentation. Traditional imaging is with contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) but lymphadenectomy often...

Evidence-based treatment of MCDK: a systematic review

5 November 2019 | | Paediatric Urology, Urologic Oncology | Hypertension, Multicystic kidney disease, Paediatric, Renal tumour, Wilms' tumour
The authors of this systematic review have not only aimed to establish the incidence of hypertension associated with a multicystic dysplastic kidney (MCDK) but have also tried to determine the malignancy risk associated with an MCDK and assess the rate...
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Urological in-flight medical events

6 November 2020 | | Trauma and Emergency Urology | aerospace medicine, emergency treatment, travel, urologic diseases
The future of air travel may seem uncertain at the present time, but up until the COVID-19 pandemic, approximately 44,000 inflight medical emergencies occurred annually, averaging 1 in 604 flights. Some of you will have heard the heart-sink announcement “if...

Cortical stimulation for voiding dysfunction in multiple sclerosis

12 October 2022 | | Functional Urology, Neurourology | magnetic resonance imaging, multiple sclerosis
Voiding dysfunction (VD) increases morbidity in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), and may be associated with urinary tract infections, stones and renal failure. Catheterisation is required when impaired hand function precludes self-catheterisation, which is associated with further morbidity. In this...

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).

Male infertility?

18 June 2021 | Research & Development
Diagnose Sperm Oxidative Stress, a major cause of male infertility, using MiOXSYS™

Contiform – is available on prescription

27 April 2023 | Research & Development
Despite the rumours of Contiform’s demise that have been greatly exaggerated, and that...

UK Continence Society Annual Scientific Meeting

24 April 2019 -26 April 2019 | Infection, Functional Urology, Paediatric Urology
Margaret Lyttle, Consultant in Urology, Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The 26th Annual Scientific Meeting of the United Kingdom Continence Society (UKCS) was held in Manchester on 24-26 April 2019. As in previous years the programme provided a stimulating...

Read all about it May/Jun 2018

1 May 2018 | Andrology, Basic Science Research, Endourology and Stones, Functional Urology, Infection, Neurourology, Paediatric Urology, Reconstructive Urology, Technological Developments, Trauma and Emergency Urology, Urologic Oncology, Uroradiology
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...

A research revolution

1 March 2017 | | Basic Science Research, Technological Developments
“The revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe. You have to make it fall.” Erenesto ‘Che’ Guevara There was a time, not so long ago, when you actually had to go to a library to read...

Internet privacy

8 November 2021 |
What is internet privacy? Internet privacy or online privacy is the level of privacy protection an individual has while connected to the internet regarding their own data. Privacy includes personally identifiable information such as the data that can be used...

Visual-estimation (cognitive), image-fusion (software) and in-bore targeted prostate biopsy: is there an optimal approach?

3 March 2021 | | Urologic Oncology, Technological Developments
The diagnostic superiority of multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) prior to targeted and systematic prostate biopsy over systematic transrectal ultrasound-guided (TRUS) biopsy alone in the detection of clinically significant prostate cancer (csPCa) has been proven by multiple level 1 studies...