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Feeling like a fraud — imposter syndrome: what it is and what to do about it
17 April 2024
| Dunay Schmulian
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URO - Core Urology
Have you ever been plagued by feelings of incompetence despite evidence to the contrary, then this article is for you. Dr Dunay Schmulian provides insight into imposter syndrome and what to do about it. Excerpt 1 Consultant:That was excellent, and...
Modern management of small renal masses
1 September 2019
| Kara Mcdermott, Nick Mehan, Ben Challacombe
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URO - Urologic Oncology
With the advent of widespread cross-sectional imaging there has been a surge in incidental detection of small renal masses (SRMs) and renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is now the seventh most common cancer in the UK. Whilst surgical excision for larger...
Thermal ablative techniques for small renal masses
1 July 2017
| Mohammed Al Sheikh, Nicholas Simson, Obi-Njoku Obinna, Ahmed Qteishat
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URO - Urologic Oncology, URO - Technology
The incidence of renal cell carcinoma has increased over the past decade which can be partly attributed to the increased use of imaging modalities [1,2]. Nephron sparing procedures for the management of small renal tumours have gained popularity which include...
An overview of changes to urology training
1 January 2017
| Roland Morley
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URO - Core Urology
Paediatric urology training A review of paediatric emergency services in the UK involving general surgery, urology and paediatric surgery was initiated due to the problems encountered by the lack of suitable experience outside large paediatric surgical units to deliver emergency...
Moving hospitals as a consultant urological surgeon: what are the challenges?
2 March 2022
| Matthew Perry, Roland Morley, Stephen R Keoghane
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...
Virtual and augmented reality in surgery
1 January 2018
| Sarah El-Badawy, Gerald Reddaway-Richards, Leigh Jackson
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URO - Technology
Virtual reality (VR) is a three-dimensional, computer generated environment which can be accessed using a virtual reality headset, allowing individuals to immerse themselves in this virtual world. Augmented reality (AR) systems layer virtual information over a live camera feed into...
Advanced Twitter
1 November 2016
| Ivo Dukic
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URO - Technology
It has been a few years since my post on ‘Twitter for urologists’ was published in Urology News [1]. Given the continued rise of the platform, I thought it was time to revisit and expand on Twitter’s functionality. In this...
Rotterdam Prostate Cancer Risk app
The widespread use of prostate specific antigen (PSA) testing has led to diagnostic difficulties for patients and urologists. The sensitivity and specificity characteristics of PSA are far from optimal. To try and improve the predictive accuracy of PSA measurements, nomograms...
Incontinence, 6th Edition
1 March 2018
| Tim Lane
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URO - Basic Science Research, URO - Infection, URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology, URO - Neurourology
This is very much a reference text. Comprehensive, authoritative and up-to-date. It deals with every aspect of incontinence from cell biology to clinical examination and from clinical management pathways to the economics of urinary and faecal incontinence. The text is...
Urological Men’s Health – A guide for Urologists and Primary Care Physicians
1 September 2014
| Tim Lane
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URO - Urologic Oncology, URO - Andrology, URO - Infection, URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology
Urologists, perhaps more than any other group of clinicians, can quite reasonably lay claim to be the champions for men’s health. But are we particularly well placed to deliver? This text is aimed at primary care physicians and those urologists...
Effect of collimation on radiation dose during ureteroscopy
1 November 2016
| Ann Crump
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URO - Endourology & Stones
Over 60,000 ureteroscopies are performed annually in the UK. During these procedures radiation is used and there are concerns regarding the cumulative dose during a surgeon’s career. Common ways to minimise the dose to the theatre team are wearing lead...
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...
