Not-so-simple nephrectomy: Comparative analysis of radical and simple nephrectomy in a high-volume tertiary referral center.

Objectives: Simple nephrectomies can be challenging with significant morbidity. To prove the hypothesis of "not-so-simple" nephrectomy, we compared demographics, perioperative outcomes, and complications between simple and radical nephrectomy in a tertiary referral center.

Methods: We analyzed 473 consecutive radical nephrectomies (January 2018-October 2020) and simple nephrectomies (January 2016-October 2020).

A systematic review of low-cost simulators in ENT surgery.

Background: Simulation training has become a key part of the surgical curriculum over recent years. Current trainees face significantly reduced operating time as a result of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, alongside increased costs to surgical training, thus creating a need for low-cost simulation models.

Methods: A systematic review of the literature was performed using multiple databases.

Radiation Safety Knowledge and Practice in Urology Theaters: A Collaborative Multicenter Survey.

To evaluate the knowledge and current radiation safety practice among health care professionals undertaking fluoroscopic procedures in urology. A 14-question survey was disseminated to multidisciplinary urology theater staff. Questions included demographic data, usual radiation safety practice, and knowledge.

Low-cost simulation models in Urology: a systematic review of the literature.

Introduction: Simulation models have been found to be effective and valid for training in Urology. Due to increasing costs of surgical training, there is a need for low-cost simulation models to enable Urology trainees to improve their skills.

Material And Methods: A literature review was performed using the PubMed and Embase databases until March 2020.

Pilonidal sinus disease of the penis: A case report and review of the literature.

Pilonidal sinus disease (PSD) is an acquired pathological condition more commonly seen in the natal cleft of the sacrococcygeal area, although its presentation is not limited to the natal cleft and it can present in other regions of the body such as the breast, umbilicus, scalp and penis. We present the case of a 28-year-old gentleman who presented to his local Urology outpatient clinic with an unusual penile lesion that was later identified as a pilonidal sinus. This was treated with radical circumcision and penile reconstruction with a good functional outcome.

Defining a national reference level for intraoperative radiation exposure in urological procedures: FLASH, a retrospective multicentre UK study.

Objectives: To define reference levels for intraoperative radiation during stent insertion, ureteroscopy (URS), and percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL); to identify variation in radiation exposure between individual hospitals across the UK, between low- and high-volume PCNL centres, and between grade of lead surgeon.

Patients/subjects And Methods: In all, 3651 patients were identified retrospectively across 12 UK hospitals over a 1-year period. Radiation exposure was defined in terms of total fluoroscopy time (FT) and dose area product (DAP).

Pancoast tumour presenting as shoulder pain with Horner's syndrome.

A 54-year-old man presented to the emergency department with a 4-week history of right shoulder pain radiating down his arm, with some associated sensory loss. Further questioning and examination in the department revealed a classical Horner's syndrome; miosis, partial ptosis and hemifacial anhidrosis. An initial chest X-ray was deemed to be unremarkable; however, further review by a radiologist noted asymmetrical right apical thickening.