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An algorithm for the management of haemorrhagic cystitis
1 September 2015
| Sudhanshu Garg, Suresh Ganta, Jay Khastgir
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URO - Endourology & Stones, URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology, URO - Urologic Oncology
Haemorrhagic cystitis (HC) can be one of the most difficult conditions to treat in urological practice. It is characterised by intractable bleeding from the bladder and may be acute or chronic. The most frequently reported causal factors are radiotherapy (RT)...
Sarcomatoid renal cell carcinoma
1 September 2017
| Paul Cleaveland, Vincent Tang
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URO - Urologic Oncology
Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) represents 2-3% of all cancers [1]. It is an adenocarcinoma making up 85% of all renal malignancies. Sarcomatoid transformation is a microscopically identified feature of RCC accounting for 5% of all RCCs [2]. Known as sarcomatoid...
The multidisciplinary team meeting: London calling!
1 January 2015
| Ranjan Thilagarajah
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URO - Technology
The multidisciplinary team meeting, or MDT, is the foundation of cancer management in the UK. The MDT consists of a group of experts in different fields of medicine and surgery coming together at regular intervals to discuss the diagnosis and...
Demanding cases or nightmares in endourology? Sep/Oct 2016
1 September 2016
| Stephen R Keoghane, Lisa Lavan, Daniel P Wilby, Dominic Hodgson
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URO - Endourology & Stones
In this issue the authors will present once in a career cases that can truly haunt a urologist. “Mistakes are like bad loves, the more you learn from them, the more you wish they’d never happened. “ Gregory David Roberts*...
Utility of biomarkers in the prediction of oncologic outcome after radical cystectomy for SCC
1 July 2015
| Xi Cheng
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URO - Basic Science Research
Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the bladder is more commonly seen in Egypt due to schistosomiasis (bilharziasis) and accounts for 2% to 5% of all bladder tumours. Schistosomiasis is found in the bladder vasculature and leads to chronic inflammation causing...
Comparing treatment modalities for transplant kidney VUR in the paediatric population
1 May 2019
| Ravindar Anbarasan
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URO - Paediatric Urology, URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology
The management of Transplant kidney vesicoureteral reflux in the paediatric population is a heavily debated issue and Deflux® injection to manage VUR is both widely described in the literature and commonly practised. In this paper, these authors have put forth...
Frailty in urology – part 1
5 September 2022
| Mayur Gami, Thomas Johnston, Stephen R Keoghane
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URO - Endourology & Stones, URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology, URO - Infection, URO - Trauma & Emergency, URO - Urologic Oncology
Part 2 of this topic can be found here Statement of the problem Clinical frailty carries an increased risk of poor health outcomes. The pathological process resulting in frailty is often overlooked and elucidating its aetiology and natural history are...
The Mitrofanoff procedure: a continent revolution
1 January 2018
| Rachel Barratt, Theresa Marsden, Tamsin Greenwell
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URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology, URO - Neurourology, URO - Paediatric Urology
Prior to 1980, surgeons had been struggling to provide a catheterisable, continent channel as an alternative to the native urethra, primarily for paediatric patients with congenital neuropathic bladder. In 1980, Professor Paul Mitrofanoff described the continent supravesical antireflux appendicovesicostomy [1]...
Penile fracture
1 May 2018
| Prashant K Singh, Christopher M McLeavy, Margaret Lyttle
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URO - Uroradiology, URO - Trauma & Emergency, URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology
Traumatic rupture of the tunica albuginea with either one or both corpora cavernosa of the penis is known as penile fracture. This may be associated with corpus spongiosum or urethral injury. Incidence Penile fracture was reported for the first time...
Management of lower urinary tract foreign bodies
3 March 2021
| Sushrut Patil
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URO - Trauma & Emergency
Of all the urological emergencies presenting to the emergency department, perhaps one of the most technically challenging cases is the patient with a foreign body in the genitourinary (GU) tract. A wide variety of GU foreign bodies have been reported...
Assessment and management of percutaneous nephrostomies
8 January 2024
| Andrew Atayi, Hannah Evans, Snehal T Patel
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URO - Trauma & Emergency, URO - Uroradiology
Nephrostomies are a valuable uroradiological intervention which enables drainage of the obstructed kidney, amongst other indications. Complications associated with nephrostomies following placement are not uncommon, with re-presentation to the emergency department or surgical emergency unit. In this review we will...
