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Is antibiotic prophylaxis warranted in hypospadias repairs?

Hypospadias repair is a common paediatric urological procedure. Complication rates following hypospadias repair are variable (ranging from 5–10% for distal hypospadias repairs and as high as 32–70% for proximal repairs). Limiting surgical site infections by minimising infection through antibiotic prophylaxis...

Join Prostate Cancer Research Free Webinar for Healthcare Professionals

Managing Sexual Side Effects After Prostate Cancer: A Patient & Therapist Perspective Date: 20 January 2026 — 6.00pm (London)Register: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_CstOkvaUSNSg_xlFI1Z27w Why attend?Sexual side effects remain one of the most challenging and under-discussed consequences of prostate cancer treatment. This focused webinar...

Action Bladder Cancer UK offers nursing grants for projects supporting bladder cancer

Action Bladder Cancer UK (ABC UK) is inviting specialist urology and cancer nurses to apply for funding to deliver nurse-led projects that improve bladder cancer care, patient experience and treatment pathways. The ABC UK Nursing Grants Programme offers grants of...

Poster Presentations for the ERIC Conference 2026

ERIC, The Children’s Bowel & Bladder Charity, are pleased to be hosting this year’s ERIC Conference for healthcare professionals, at The Grand Hotel in Bristol on 12 October 2026. The theme: Together for 35 years: leading change in paediatric bowel...

RSM: Endourology Day 2027

Why attend? Gain practical updates on current best practice in endourology and stone disease management Explore how artificial intelligence and digital tools are beginning to influence clinical decision-making and patient pathways in endourology Learn how quality improvement initiatives are shaping...

PARP inhibitors and prostate cancer

The discovery that BRCA1/2-deficient tumour cells are highly sensitive to poly-ADP ribose polymerase (PARP) inhibitors (PARPi) established the foundation of synthetic lethality in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). The TOPARP-A trial confirmed clinical benefit, with PARPi activity largely restricted to...

Comparison of CHOKAI, STONE and STONE PLUS scores

The prevalence of urinary stones is steadily increasing due to changing dietary habits and living conditions, leading to a significant number of emergency department (ED) visits, primarily for severe pain. While managing pain is crucial, accurate diagnosis remains essential. Non-enhanced...

Urolithiasis – metabolic considerations

Case 1 A 32-year-old female patient is diagnosed with a ureteric calculus for the first-time. What type of metabolic evaluation investigations should be performed? When should stone analysis be repeated? What are the most common metabolic abnormalities associated with calcium...

The Hamilton Irving box – A reprise

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). In the third of these articles, written, in the spring of 2012, I...

The conservative assessment and treatment of mixed urinary and anal incontinence in women: a multidisciplinary approach

Mixed urinary incontinence Urinary incontinence (UI) is considered to be a highly prevalent condition; however, depending upon the definitions used, actual reported prevalence rates can vary significantly. The International Consultation on Incontinence (ICI) review [1], reported unadjusted prevalence estimates for...

Who was Zoon?

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). Eponyms are frowned upon in modern medical teaching but, as a medical historian,...

Technology for remote working and COVID-19 resources

The COVID-19 pandemic has altered every aspect of how we live, and how healthcare needs to be provided for the welfare of patients and staff. I thought I would try to summarise a few potential technology tools that could be...