conference reports
US researchers say robotic repair for vaginal prolapse has significant benefits
Thursday, 12 November 2009- Robotic surgery for vaginal prolapse dramatically reduces patient hospital stay and recovery time, according to researchers from the Mayo Clinic who will present their findings during the meeting of...
Edited by: JV
CEM: Sling procedure less likely to succeed in obese women
Monday, 27 July 2009- Body mass index must be taken into account, when performing SPARC-sling procedure, as obesity may have a significant impact on its success, according to a new study conducted by a group from Medical...
Edited by: ES
A new thermosensitive polymer to prevent proximal ureteric stone retropulsion during intracorporeal lithotripsy
Friday, 22 May 2009- At the recent AUA Annual Meeting held in Chicago, USA, researchers from the UK, India and Canada presented findings from a randomised controlled prospective study using BackStop™ (Pluromed Inc, Woburn, MA), a...
Edited by: JV
A comparison between Composix-based sling, TVT and TVT-O tapes
Monday, 5 January 2009- Suburethral synthetic sling procedures have become widely used as surgical treatment for female urinary stress incontinence. However synthetic slings are expensive.
Canadian researchers Nadim Haïdar,...
Edited by: JV
ESU holds successful 1st Masterclass on Female and Functional Reconstructive Urology
Wednesday, 19 November 2008 - The comprehensive programme of the 1st Masterclass on Female and Functional Reconstructive Urology organised by the European School of Urology (ESU) elicited positive responses from the participants...
By: Joel Vega
8th Central European Meeting in Warsaw to tackle urological issues
Thursday, 23 October 2008 -- The 8th Central European Meeting (CEM) of the European Association of Urology (EAU) will open on Friday, October 24, in Warsaw, Poland, providing another opportunity for regional specialists to gather...
By Lindy Brouwer
Oral abstract session on urethral reconstruction
Tuesday, 15 April 2008 - In the oral abstract session on urethral reconstruction held during the 23rd Annual EAU Congress in Milan, Guido Barbagli gave an overview on the topic and discussed the value of using oral mucosa in...
Filed by: Joel Vega
The ultimate goal is to identify UCPPS patients at risk early and then target the individual mechanisms
Monday, 25 February 2008 - DAVOS - Urologic chronic pelvic pain syndromes were on J. Curtis Nickel’s mind giving a state of the art-lecture on the occasion of the European Urology Forum 2008 in Davos, Switzerland. "Chronic...
By: Franz-Guenter Runkel
China’s leading group in urodymanics and voiding dysfunctions
Tuesday, 27 November 2007 - Editorial Note: As Chinese Urological Association becomes an important partner of the EAU, we will introduce some leading urological groups in China.
Department of Urology, Southwest Hospital, Third...
By Dr. Longkun Li (EUREP 2007 Participant)
1st Master Class of Urethro-Genital Surgery - Institute of Urology, University College London Hospital; 13th - 15th June 2007
Friday, 14 September 2007 - Forty delegates drawn from mainly the UK but also further afield from Europe attended the First Master Class of Urethro-Genital Surgery held in a London hotel linked via two live feeds into University...
