Mr Golash has an interest in Medico-Legal reports. He continues to update his knowledge and has recently attended a Medico-Legal training course held in Birmingham.
Mr Golash has an interest in Medico-Legal reports. He continues to update his knowledge and has recently attended a Medico-Legal training course held in Birmingham.
The Staffordshire Urology Clinic has run clinics at the North Staffordshire Nuffield Hospital in Newcastle-under-Lyme since its formation in 2011. For the convenience of patients who had previously travelled from South Cheshire and from further North, it then introduced a clinic at the BMI South Cheshire Hospital in Crewe. Most recently a new clinic has been opened at Rowley Hall Hospital, Stafford. Both the new clinics offer the same high level of expertise and facilities that patients have come to expect from the Staffordshire Urology Clinic at the North Staffordshire Nuffield hospital, and also offer limited NHS appointments through the “Choose and Book” scheme (for details contact your GP).
Since its launch about 18 months ago the Staffordshire Urology Clinic website has had 20,000 pageviews. It has had 7,000 unique visitors and over 1,500 of these have returned.
The Staffordshire Urology Clinic website went live 1 year ago. In this year it has attracted 4,500 unique visitors from every continent. Almost 1,500 visitors have then returned and there have been just under 15,000 page views. There are now 87 pages of content covering virtually all aspects of Urology. Over 100 posts have been uploaded in 3 categories (news, journal watch and Q&A) with over 5,000 external comments published.
The Staffordshire Urology Clinic has run clinics at the North Staffordshire Nuffield Hospital since its formation in 2011. For the convenience of patients that have previously travelled from South Cheshire and from further North, it has now introduced a clinic at the BMI South Cheshire Hospital. This new clinic will offer the same high level of expertise and facilities that patients have come to expect from the Staffordshire Urology Clinic at the North Staffordshire Nuffield hospital, and will also offer limited NHS appointments.
New guidelines (2012) have been published by the American Urological Association (AUA) for the investigation of symptomatic haematuria. There are several differences between these guidelines and UK guidelines. For example, UK guidelines suggest investigating all patients with cystoscopy over 40 years old, whereas AUA guidelines suggest over 35. AUA guidelines suggest CT urogram or MR urogram imaging, but UK guidelines do not specify. AUA guidelines suggest full reevaluation of persistent asymptomatic haematuria within 3 to 5 years, whereas UK guidelines suggest limited annual reevaluation with blood pressure and urinary protein:creatinine testing, with full evaluation only in the presence of symptoms or visible haematuria.
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Unique Visitors: 4,008
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% New Visits: 77.64%
Christopher Luscombe has a research profile that can be reviewed at the scientific social media site Research Gate.

The Staffordshire Urology Clinic has recently introduced PTNS. This is a non-drug, non-surgical, minimally invasive way to improve bladder control in men and women. This revolutionary new technology has been shown to be highly effective even in patients that have not responded to conventional medication, and avoids the side effects of such medicines. Although PTNS is increasingly used throughout the world, it is not currently offered elsewhere in Staffordshire, Shropshire or South Cheshire. To find out more, click here, or make an appointment to see one of our Consultants.
NICE have issued new guidelines for the management of lower urinary tract dysfunction in neurological disease. These are available at the NICE website. The guidelines include taking a history, assessing the impact of problems and screening for urinary tract infection and renal insufficiency. Urgent referral for a specialist opinion is required if there is:
1) haematuria
2) recurrent urinary infection (3 or more in 6 months)
3) loin pain
4) progressive renal insufficiency or hydronephrosis on ultrasound.
6) frequent blocking of urinary catheters (more frequent than every 6 weeks)
The guidelines then discuss specialist investigations, including video urodynamics, treatment and longterm monitoring, including lifelong annual or biannual ultrasound monitoring of the renal tract in those at risk of hydronephrosis (these include people with spinal cord injury, spina bifida, or adverse features on urodynamic investigations such as impaired bladder compliance, detrusor-sphincter dyssynergia, or vesicoureteric reflux).