Laparoscopic Live-Donor Nephrectomy (PDF)
With increasing numbers of people on the renal transplant waiting list each year in every country, the onus has been to increase live donation and thus try to address this shortfall.

BJUI Mini Reviews 2006 June

Delayed Graft Function: A Dilemma In Renal Transplantation (PDF)
‘Delayed graft function’ (DGF) is a term used to describe the lack of acceptable autonomous function in a kidney which, after transplantation, requires intervention in the form of dialysis. Historically, DGF was defined by the requirement for dialysis within the first week of renal transplantation.

BJUI Mini Reviews 2005 September

Robotic Renal And Adrenal Surgery: Present And Future (PDF)
From its initial use in cardiac surgery, robotically assisted surgery has progressively moved to urology such that at present, over half its application is for urological surgery.

Genitourinary Medicine and Surgery in Prisons During the Period of Reform (PDF)
Prison reform in England began in the 1770s; before that prisoners could obtain medical attention at their own expense or, if they were lucky, funded by the authorities: ‘In 1674, a Dr Hodges was paid 10 pounds: "to inform himself of the gravity of the distemper in Wood Street compter (an archaic term for a prison)", and approval was granted for settlement of an apothecary’s bill for certain medicines used in treating the disease’.

BJUI Mini Reviews 2005 June

The first laparoscopic radical nephrectomy (LRN) was performed by Ralph Clayman in 1990 [1]. Since then LRN has gained popularity and is now arguably the treatment of choice for early stage (T1N0M0) RCC unsuitable for nephron-sparing surgery.

BJUI Mini Reviews 2004 October

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