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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Patients & Urological Activity
This part of the workforce website aims to help provide data that may be useful in departmental or strategic planning of your urological service. You may wish to compare global NHS activity with that in other...
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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...
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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...
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Neuro-Urology
Patients with neurological disease including MS, Parkinsons, stroke and spinal cord injury can develop significant urological problems. This includes problems with bladder management, incontinence and recurrent urinary tract...
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About Urolink
Urolink's mission is ...
... to promote and encourage the provision of appropriate urological expertise and education worldwide, with particular emphasis on the materially disadvantaged ...
Timelines...
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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...
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A specialty once regarded as carrying out dangerous, quirky & unjustified procedures has become a vital adjunct to every urological team
Some urologists may recall being summoned from their beds in the early hours of the morning by a request...
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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ABERCROMBIE (Abercrombie "snatch")
George Forbes Abercrombie (1935 - 2017) was born in Edinburgh. He trained...
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From open implantation of radioactive implants, hazardous for patient & surgeon, to minimally-invasive bladder removal & targeted treatment
In 1895, Ludwig Rehn used a cystoscope to identify bladder cancer in 3 of 45 workers at a dye...
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From long-stay open surgery using large incisions to day-case endoluminal laser "dusting"
When BAUS began 80 years ago, Victor Dix, a Professor of Surgery was said to be a noted expert in the management of ureteric stones, a skill he had...
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From catheters, opiates & plants to a receptor-specific treatment tailored to prostate size & symptom severity
In days gone by, the prostate gland was not recognised because, in ancient medical texts, anatomical dissections were rare (and...
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Although the ancient operation of lithotomy establishes the antiquity of urology as a speciality, it is lithotrity that marks the beginning of modern urology. Lithotrity is the treatment of bladder stones by destruction within the bladder and...
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