LEARN: A multi-centre, cross-sectional evaluation of Urology teaching in UK medical schools [PDF]
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the status of UK undergraduate urology teaching against the British Association of Urological Surgeons (BAUS) Undergraduate Syllabus for Urology.
Abdullah, Rafi+197 more
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Background and Aims: Opioid-free anesthesia decreases postoperative nausea and vomiting, emergence agitation, prolonged sedation, ileus, and urinary retention.
Bright Jebaraj+6 more
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An Entire Renal Anatomy Extraction Network for Advanced CAD During Partial Nephrectomy [PDF]
Partial nephrectomy (PN) is common surgery in urology. Digitization of renal anatomies brings much help to many computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) techniques during PN. However, the manual delineation of kidney vascular system and tumor on each slice is time consuming, error-prone, and inconsistent.
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Urology practice during COVID-19 pandemic.
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 and the disease it causes, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is generating a rapid and tragic health emergency in Italy due to the need to provide assistance to an overwhelming number of infected ...
V. Ficarra+15 more
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The Role of Transabdominal Ultrasound in Office Urology
Ultrasound diagnosis was introduced in the 1970s, and rapidly became popular in the outpatient clinic because of its safety and non-invasiveness. In Urology, the transabdominal ultrasound (TAUS) is useful to assess patients with lower urinary tract ...
Keong Tatt Foo FRCS (ed), FAMS (Urology)
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Superhuman performance in urology board questions by an explainable large language model enabled for context integration of the European Association of Urology guidelines: the UroBot study [PDF]
Large Language Models (LLMs) are revolutionizing medical Question-Answering (medQA) through extensive use of medical literature. However, their performance is often hampered by outdated training data and a lack of explainability, which limits clinical applicability.
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Top 100 Urology Influences on Twitter: Is Social Media Influence Associated with Academic Impact? [PDF]
Introduction: The purpose of this cross-sectional study is to identify and describe the top 100 urology influencers on the social media platform Twitter.
Abdollah, Firas+9 more
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Venous thromboembolism: A problem in the Indian/Asian population?
Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a common and potentially life threatening condition. It continues to be under diagnosed and undertreated. Awareness among Indians regarding this potentially life-threatening disease is low.
Sunil Agarwal+3 more
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A core outcome set for localised prostate cancer effectiveness trials [PDF]
Objective: To develop a core outcome set (COS) applicable for effectiveness trials of all interventions for localised prostate cancer. Background: Many treatments exist for localised prostate cancer, although it is unclear which offers the ...
Abel, Paul+41 more
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Surgical management of a locally invasive renal cell carcinoma in an ectopic pelvic kidney
The coincidence of renal cell carcinoma in an ectopic kidney is a unique phenomenon. We report a case of 55 years old male patient who presented with backache and accidentally discovered ectopic kidney with an upper polar mass.
A. Higazy, MBBS, MSc of Urology, MRCS+1 more
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