Vasectomy poll results
With the recent controversy linking vasectomy and high grade prostate cancer, should we now warn patients about this in the consent process? 1. Yes – 30% 2. No – 30% 3. Undecided – 39%
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With the recent controversy linking vasectomy and high grade prostate cancer, should we now warn patients about this in the consent process? 1. Yes – 30% 2. No – 30% 3. Undecided – 39%
My best holiday reading is: 1. A good novel – 34% 2. Magazines – 0% 3. Newspapers / supplements – 9% 4. Local tourist information i.e. guidebook – 14% 5. BJUI – 43%
You personally are told you need a prostate biopsy and can choose your technique. Would you choose: 1. TRUS biopsy under local anaesthetic – 12% 2. TRUS biopsy under general anaesthetic – 8% 3. Transperineal biopsy (under general anaesthetic) – 27% 4. I would decline any biopsy! – 53%
Which is your favourite venue for the BAUS Annual Meeting? 1. Glasgow – 15% 2. Manchester – 27% 3. Liverpool – 35% 4. Harrogate – 23%
Who do you think will win the World Cup? 1. Brazil – 36% 2. Argentina – 14% 3. Spain – 11% 4. Germany – 11% 5. England – 14% 6. Portugal – 4% 7. Other – tell us on twitter – 11%
MRI and prostate diagnostics is very topical at the moment with another paper published this month. But do you feel that MRI now allows you to avoid the need for prostate biopsy if no lesions seen? 1. Yes, but only in very select patients – 13% 2. Yes, in many patients – 19% 3. No, […]
The urology journal club on twitter @iurojc has been been very successful with increasing active participants taking part using #urojc. But how many people only watch on twitter and don’t tweet (i.e. passive user)? Please tell us about your use for #urojc 1. Active – I have tweeted using #urojc – 77% 2. Passive – I have […]
Which is your favourite venue for AUA Annual Meeting? 1. Orlando – 8% 2. San Diego – 41% 3. Atlanta – 1% 4. Washington – 9% 5. San Francisco – 31% 6. Chicago – 9% Read the conference highlights from AUA 2014: Days 1-3 & Days 4-6
In a recent blog, Jim Duthie discusses brown sauce and quoting surgical outcomes in the consent process. Do you quote your own figures to patients or quote the literature standard when discussing risks and complications? 1. My own audited figures – 25% 2. A “best guess” at my own figures – 32% 3. The standard […]
A recent BJUI paper advocates using stents with strings attached to aid removal and minimise dwell time. Do you currently use stents with strings in suitable patients? 1. Yes, whenever possible – 38% 2. Only occasionally – 14% 3. Never – 33% 4. No, but am going to try it – 14%