Aberdeen Royal Infirmary has received a massive boost with the announcement that three additional Robotic Assisted Surgical Systems have been funded by local government. With two already delivered and the third due later this year, urology, knee and hip replacement and general surgery are in a much stronger position to provide leading edge surgery looking...
Selected publications by the UCAN team members In Press Dospinescu C, Lam TBL, Kurban L, Cohen NP, Swami KS. Acute pancreatitis induced by an obstructing left ureteric calculus [in press]. BJU International 2011; Swami KS, Lam T, Nabi G. A novel circumferential bladder neck suture to facilitate vesico-urethral anastomosis during radical retropubic prostatectomy [in...
Information and support needs of patients and the family unit. Defining patients’ experiences and concerns regarding the decision-making process related to their care. Living beyond urological cancer. Information and support needs of patients and the family unit. One of the main aims of this work is to collect a wide range of peoples’ experiences...
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European Association of Urology Guidelines (EAU): https://uroweb.org/guidelines/ British Association of Urological Surgeons (BAUS): http://www.baus.org.uk/ American Urological Association Guidelines (AUA): https://www.auanet.org/education/aua-guidelines.cfm Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN): http://www.sign.ac.uk/guidelines/index.html# National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE): https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance?unlid
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Urology outpatient clinics are provided by our medical and nursing team at multiple sites across NHS Grampian including:- Aberdeen Royal Infirmary – Clinics A, C and E Dr Gray’s Hospital, Elgin Fraserburgh Hospital Banff Hospital Peterhead Hospital Kincardine Community Hospital, Stonehaven Both new and follow-up patients are seen and assessed on the above sites. We...
The concept of one stop diagnostic clinics for patients with a suspected Urological cancer (bladder & Prostate) is nothing new. A Direct Access Haematuria (DAH) & Direct Access Prostate (DAP) have been up and running in the Urology department at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary for more than 15 years and during that time, these clinics have...
Thanks to all your fundraising and support from the Scottish Government with a £1 million investment, Scotland’s first robotic surgery is now available in Aberdeen. The ultra-modern robot which surgeons can use to perform minimally invasive surgery, will initially be used for prostate cancer cases but in the future can be used in cases involving bladder and...
OTIS Study MAPS Study CATHETER Study SUSPEND Study OTIS study (OTIS stands for Outcome after Transposed Intestinal Segment Surgery) Why are we conducting this project? Each year in the UK around 3,000 people have major surgery because their bladders are seriously diseased or must be removed. The most common reason is cancer in the bladder....