After briefly venturing to tropical Cairns in 2015, the Asia-Pacific Prostate Cancer Conference returned to its traditional home in Melbourne for its 17th edition in 2016 (#APCC16). The meeting has previously featured the who’s who of prostate cancer and this year was no different with an all-star multidisciplinary faculty consisting of 18 international members in […]
Every Month the Editor-in-Chief selects an Article of the Month from the current issue of BJUI. The abstract is reproduced below and you can click on the button to read the full article, which is freely available to all readers for at least 30 days from the time of this post. In addition to the article itself, […]
Guideline of guidelines: thromboprophylaxis for urological surgery Philippe D. Violette*, Rufus Cartwright†‡, Matthias Briel§, Kari A.O. Tikkinen¶ and Gordon H. Guyatt**,†† *Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Woodstock Hospital, Woodstock, ON, Canada, † Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Imperial College London, London, UK, ‡Department of Urogynaecology, St. Mary’s Hospital, London, UK, §Institute for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Clinical Research, University Hospital […]
Letter to the Editor Urethral diverticulectomy with Martius fat pad interposition improves symptom resolution and reduces recurrence Sir, I read with interest the above paper published online in BJU International,[1] but must take issue with the unjustified ‘tabloid headline’, when a more conventional title describing study design, perhaps “Urethral diverticulectomy with labial fat interposition: a […]
Every Week the Editor-in-Chief selects an Article of the Week from the current issue of BJUI. The abstract is reproduced below and you can click on the button to read the full article, which is freely available to all readers for at least 30 days from the time of this post. In addition to the article itself, […]
The wide dissemination of prostate cancer screening has increased the number of men diagnosed with low-risk, indolent cancers that are better managed with active surveillance (AS) rather than immediate treatment. During the past decade, the number of men managed with AS has increased from <10% to 40% in community based practice registries [1]. Prostate needle […]
The lead author of this issue’s Article of the Month is based in Helsinki, the cover images shows two of the statues that flank Helsinki Central Station, which was selected by the BBC as one of World’s ten most beautiful railway stations. ©istock.com/PeJo29 Click here for this issue’s Table of Contents […]
This man has intermediate/ high-risk prostate cancer. Taken from Daouacher et al, BJUI 2016
Every Week the Editor-in-Chief selects an Article of the Week from the current issue of BJUI. The abstract is reproduced below and you can click on the button to read the full article, which is freely available to all readers for at least 30 days from the time of this post. In addition to the article itself, […]