Design and assessment of a penile fracture simulation model.

Objective: To design and assess a novel penile fracture simulation model for teaching penile fracture repair.

Methods: We used a validated circumcision simulator to create a model. Foreskin for a circumcision was divided into two halves.

Design and assessment of a penile fracture simulation model.

Objective: To design and assess a novel penile fracture simulation model for teaching penile fracture repair.

Methods: We used a validated circumcision simulator to create a model. Foreskin for a circumcision was divided into two halves.

Examining the Impact of Renal Trauma Guidelines on Urologists in UK.

Objective: To investigate whether urologists in UK utilise and adhere to recently published renal trauma guidelines.

Methods: A one-page anonymous questionnaire was created based on recently published guidelines. Thirteen questions were used to investigate the current patterns of practice.

Optimal nutrition should improve the outcome and costs of radical cystectomy.

Introduction: Nutritional support has been demonstrated to improve recovery from radical cystectomy, but is expensive and when used inappropriately may actually increase the costs and morbidity of surgery. We sought to establish national patterns of practice with regard to feeding following cystectomy in the UK.

Aims And Methods: Following consultation with the specialist nutrition team, a questionnaire was designed to investigate the feeding strategy after cystectomy and dispatched by post to all UK urologists.

The use of Raman spectroscopy to differentiate between different prostatic adenocarcinoma cell lines.

Raman spectroscopy (RS) is an optical technique that provides an objective method of pathological diagnosis based on the molecular composition of tissue. Studies have shown that the technique can accurately identify and grade prostatic adenocarcinoma (CaP) in vitro. This study aimed to determine whether RS was able to differentiate between CaP cell lines of varying degrees of biological aggressiveness.

Internet websites selling herbal treatments for erectile dysfunction.

The objective of the study was to investigate the safety and reliability of internet websites selling and providing medical information regarding herbal substitutes for Viagra. Using keywords 'Herbal' and 'Viagra', websites selling and providing medical information regarding herbal substitutes were identified. The top 50 sequential sites were assessed for safety and reliability against the Health on the Net (HON) criteria.

Serum insulin-like growth factor-I is positively associated with serum prostate-specific antigen in middle-aged men without evidence of prostate cancer.

We have examined the relationship between serum insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) and prostate-specific antigen in 367 healthy men without evidence of prostate cancer and found a positive association (P = 0.05). In men without prostate cancer, serum prostate-specific antigen is closely related to prostate size, and our findings, therefore, suggest that IGF-I may induce prostatic epithelial proliferation.

Pharmacology of some acetylcholine homologues.

1. The acetates of several long chain (3 to 12 methylene groups) analogues of choline have been prepared and their pharmacological properties studied.2.

The cholinergic properties of some amino-acid esters and amides.

1. Several amino-acid esters and amides have been prepared and their toxicological and pharmacological properties have been investigated. Some of the quaternary esters and amides were lethal to mice at doses below 1 mg/kg; this lethality was usually associated with high nicotinic activity.