Does waiting after peri-prostatic nerve block reduce pain during transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy? A randomized controlled trial.

Background: To determine if a short, clinically sufficient and manageable time delay after peri-prostatic nerve block (PNB) reduces pain during transrectal ultrasound (TRUS)-guided prostate biopsy.

Methods: This was a prospective, randomized controlled trial. All patients who underwent TRUS-guided prostate biopsy between February and June 2014 were randomized into waiting or control groups.

Prospective, multicentre, randomized controlled trial of bladder filling prior to trial of void on the timing of discharge.

Background: The objective of this study was to investigate whether bladder filling with saline prior to trial of void (TOV) was safe and whether it reduced time to discharge compared with standard TOV in the urology inpatient setting for patients post-transurethral resection of prostate, bladder neck incision or an admission with urinary retention.

Methods: Prospective, multicentre, randomized controlled trial at Hawkes Bay and Waikato hospitals with local ethics committee approval. All consecutive, consented patients requiring TOV were randomized into filling and control groups.

A surgical career for New Zealand junior doctors? Factors influencing this choice.

Aims: To discover the level of interest in a surgical career amongst junior doctors and trainee interns in the Auckland region. Secondary aims are to identify the factors that influence career choice as well as the timing of career choice.

Methods: An anonymous and structured questionnaire was distributed to all trainee interns and junior doctors in their first to fifth postgraduate years in the Auckland region.

Comparison of kidney-ureter-bladder abdominal radiography and computed tomography scout films for identifying renal calculi.

Objective: To assess the sensitivity of computed tomography (CT) scout topograms and kidney-ureter-bladder abdominal radiography (KUB) in detecting urinary tract stones.

Patients And Methods: We assessed films taken on presentation for 163 consecutive patients referred to our service for stone follow-up. Only those with both CT and KUB imaging on the same day were studied further.

Temporal trends of acute nephrolithiasis in Auckland, New Zealand.

Aim: An increasing amount of evidence suggests that the occurrence of kidney stone disease has increased over the last 50 years. No data analysis on temporal trends in Auckland, New Zealand has ever been performed. The aim of this study was to investigate the changing pattern by age, ethnicity, and gender on stone incidence over a 10-year period.