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Moving hospitals as a consultant urological surgeon: what are the challenges?

2 March 2022 |
Despite over 100 unfilled consultant urological surgeon posts in the UK, the reasons why an established surgeon should wish to move hospitals can still be viewed with suspicion. Why is this the case, when in many other careers, both within...

Renal calculi composition – Hounsfield units or dual energy CT?

1 July 2014 | | Endourology and Stones, Uroradiology
In this, the inaugural uro-radiology article, Jane Belfield (Section Editor) considers the significance of Hounsfield units in defining stone composition. Despite its widespread adoption and referencing in stone MDTs, there are some very clear limitations. Jane explores the potential role...

The life of a urology trainee in Singapore

1 November 2014 |
Despite the political and cultural differences between the United Kingdom and Singapore, the quality and nature of the medical training systems remain uniquely similar. It will come as no surprise to those of you who have either worked in Singapore...

Understanding Stauffer’s syndrome

1 May 2018 | | Andrology, Basic Science Research, Endourology and Stones, Functional Urology, Infection, Neurourology, Paediatric Urology, Technological Developments, Trauma and Emergency Urology, Urologic Oncology, Uroradiology
Who was Stauffer and what is Stauffer’s syndrome? Maurice Stauffer (1915-1994) was a gastroenterologist at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, United States, and in 1961 first characterised the non-metastatic, paraneoplastic effects of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) on liver size and...

Meeting in the middle: a review of the rendezvous technique to treat impassable ureteric strictures and transected ureters

1 August 2015 | | Endourology and Stones, Reconstructive Urology
Introduction Complex ureteric strictures present a significant challenge with some patients undergoing multiple separate urological and radiological procedures to try to cross a stricture without success. Cross-departmental collaboration with uroradiology may allow a decrease in the number of separate interventions....