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Deadline for SUT Registration 21st of October!

11 October 2019 | Research & Development
Senior Urological Trainee Day

In conversation with Rebecca Porta

3 May 2022
We were delighted to chat to Rebecca Porta, the new Chief Executive of The Urology Foundation (TUF) First of all, many congratulations on your recent appointment as Chief Executive of TUF; can you tell us a little bit about your...

Remote working: what can health professionals learn from business?

5 February 2021 | | COVID-19 - Urology News
Remote working has been widely used in business for many years but before COVID-19, this was not the case within healthcare settings. This article seeks to review the advantages, challenges and solutions which users of remote working in business have...

An overview of daytime wetting in children

1 January 2017 | | URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology, URO - Paediatric Urology
It is estimated that daytime wetting affects one in seventy-five children over the age of five years [1]. Daytime wetting is commoner in younger children (1 in 7 aged 4.5 years, 1 in 20 aged 9.5 years) [1]. Many younger...

Challenges in urology during and after the COVID-19 pandemic: a trainee perspective

16 May 2022 | | COVID-19 - Urology News
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected urological practice in many ways and at all levels. Social media has been set alight with the hashtag #NoTrainingTodayNoSurgeonsTomorrow highlighting the undesired consequences of the reduction in training opportunities. The impact has been considered by...

Practising surgery in a war zone: an interview with Dr Volodymyr Melnyk

8 December 2022 |
It is now nine months since the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine commenced in late February 2022, with Putin announcing a “special military operation” to “denazify and demilitarise” Ukraine. The rest of the world, however, saw it for what it...

Optimising weight loss advice in obese women with urinary incontinence: a review

1 November 2018 | | URO - Infection, URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology
Background The National Institute for Health & Care Excellence (NICE) guidance specifies that women with a body mass index (BMI) of over 30, combined with urinary incontinence or overactive bladder, should be advised to lose weight [1]. A BMI over...

Functional and reconstructive urology

4 May 2023 | | Functional Urology, Reconstructive Urology
Case 1 A 45-year-old female presents with a one-year history of urinary leakage, especially worse on coughing. She is otherwise well, with no co-morbidities. What is the International Continence Society (ICS) definition of stress urinary incontinence (SUI)? What are the...

Monkey glands

4 September 2020 | | Technological Developments, Andrology
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). It’s not often that a urological procedure enters popular culture. This particular one...

The doctor as the patient: receiving bad news

13 March 2023 | URO - Urologic Oncology
This article, written by a GP working in the NHS, gives a unique insight into the experience of being a urology patient and some thoughtful advice on ‘breaking bad news’. Day 1 Alarm bells ring. It’s spotting an email from...

In conversation with Roger Kirby

3 September 2020
We were delighted to catch up with Roger Kirby, new President of the RSM, about his illustrious career in urology. Can you tell us a little bit about what led you into the field of urology and what have been...

Metabolic screening and stone-prevention in urolithiasis patients

1 July 2017 | | URO - Endourology & Stones
The incidence and prevalence of kidney stones is increasing [1,2]. Significant recurrence rates are noted with 14% of patients experiencing a further episode at one year, 35% at five years, and 52% at 10 years [3]. Over 10% of stone...