BAUS Home Search Share Top Result About the Audit About the Audit Radical prostatectomy is the removal of the whole prostate gland and seminal vesicles for cancer of the prostate. The operative technique used may be open, laparoscopic or robot-assisted. In recent years, an increasing... Read more Pages (109) News (16) Events (1) Conditions (14) Information Leaflets (6) Museum Item (21) About the Audit About the Audit Radical prostatectomy is the removal of the whole prostate gland and seminal vesicles for cancer of the prostate. The operative technique used may be open, laparoscopic or robot-assisted. In recent years, an increasing... Read more Functional, Continence & Reconstruction Please note: This page is intended for healthcare professionals only. It is designed as a general educational guide and does not replace local guidance, senior clinical advice, or individual clinical judgement. Patients should not use this page... Read more Training As A Parent Training As A Parent Training as a father Jonathan Noel, former BSoT Chair and trainee in the London North Deanery, writes about combining training with fatherhood: My wife and I have been blessed with a son when I was an ST3,... Read more FRU audit guidelines & publications FRU Audits BAUS Snapshot Audits BAUS snapshot audits are UK-wide audits, designed to evaluate the assessment and management of urological conditions, and to answer specific clinical questions. They provide national data and customised... Read more Audits, Guidelines & Publications Audits, Guidelines & Publications BAUS Snapshot Audits BAUS snapshot audits are UK-wide audits, designed to evaluate the assessment and management of urological conditions, and to answer specific clinical questions. They provide national... Read more Coronavirus & COVID-19 Information for Urologists & Carers Our health systems have been forced to make huge changes in response to this unprecedented situation, and the majority of the general public have responded with great patience to the demands that... Read more Home The British Association of Urological Surgeons was founded in 1945 and exists to promote the highest standards of practice in urology. Read more Surgical Audit Projects Surgical Audit Projects BAUS has a long and impressive track record of data collection, beginning with the establishment of its cancer registries in 1998, through the Clinical Outcomes Programme, to its current collaboration with The National... Read more About the Urethroplasty Audit About the Audit Urethral strictures are narrowings in the male urethra (the water pipe that comes from the bladder down to the tip of the penis). Strictures may occur anywhere from just below the prostate (area 1) to the tip of the penis... Read more About About the Audit Background information The nephrectomy database was originally set up in 2001 to monitor and assist the introduction of laparoscopic nephrectomy (keyhole surgery). In 2012, when BAUS first published individual... Read more First12345678910...Last The Story of Robotic-Assisted Urology The word "robot" first appeared in 1920 as part of a stage play by the playwright Karel Čapek, from the Czech word "robota" meaning forced labour or compulsory work. In 1942, the science fiction writer Isaac Asimov was the first person to use the... Read more First123Last Print this page Email to a friend Link to this page Add to My Links Save as PDF Give feedback