With the recent publications in the NEJM and BMJ on surgical management of prostate cancer, do you think radical prostatectomy should now be the first choice for patients with intermediate or high risk disease? 1. Yes – the evidence is clearer now – 53% 2. Yes – but I already knew that – 27% 3. […]
Every week the Editor-in-Chief selects the 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 […]
Multicentre prospective crossover study of the ‘prostatic urethral lift’ for the treatment of lower urinary tract symptoms secondary to benign prostatic hyperplasia Anthony L. Cantwell, William K. Bogache*, Steven F. Richardson†, Ronald F. Tutrone‡, Jack Barkin§, James E. Fagelson¶, Peter T. Chin†† and Henry H. Woo ‡‡Atlantic Urological Associates, Daytona Beach, FL, *Carolina Urological Research […]
Every week the Editor-in-Chief selects the 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 […]
Do ureteric stent extraction strings affect stent-related quality of life or complications after ureteroscopy for urolithiasis: a prospective randomised control trial Kerri T. Barnes, Megan T. Bing and Chad R. Tracy Department of Urology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA OBJECTIVE • To determine whether ureteric stent extraction strings affect stent-related quality of life […]
Sir, I am writing this from a trainee viewpoint. I was delighted to read the articles by Khan et al. [1] and Elsamra et al. [2]. Both articles highlight how much the role of the surgical trainee has changed in this day and age. Surgery has always been about precision, control and patient safety. It […]
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Sir, Khan et al. [1] present a new review of the use of learning curves (LCs) in clinical practice. It is enlightening to see how many confounding factors are involved when constructing a LC. Could LCs eventually provide a supplement to or even replace indicative numbers charting the progress of surgical trainees? When considering using […]
Every week the Editor-in-Chief selects the 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 […]
Survival after radical prostatectomy for clinically localised prostate cancer: a population-based study Martin Andreas Røder1, Klaus Brasso1, Ib Jarle Christensen2, Jørgen Johansen3, Niels Christian Langkilde4, Helle Hvarness1, Steen Carlsson5, Henrik Jakobsen6, Michael Borre7 and Peter Iversen1 1Copenhagen Prostate Cancer Center and Department of Urology, 2The Finsen Laboratory, Copenhagen Biotech Research and Innovation Centre (BRIC), Rigshospitalet […]