Dr. Sachin Malde catches up with us about the current status and future challenges in minimally invasive treatments for BPO. He elaborates on the surgical options and the EAU guidelines recommendations about the newer surgical treatments for BPO.

We also gain insight into the criteria the guidelines panel use to make a recommendation about a particular treatment. And finally, Dr. Malde discuss the future developments that he think will help to strengthen the recommendations made by the EAU guidelines in this area.

Dr. Sachin Malde is an associate member of the EAU Guidelines panel on Management of Non-neurogenic Male LUTS.

How can we improve the organ pool for kidney transplantation and how do we implement all alternatives in the current transplant teams? 

Dr. Oscar Rodriguez Faba is an associate member of the EAU Guidelines panel for kidney transplantation and talks about these questions in this podcast.

Oscar Rodriguez Faba closes with the answer to the question if the results are comparable to cadaveric donors and conventional living donors.

Why bring Psychology to the management of male sexual dysfunction, which specific problems are generally approached in the psychological clinical setting and what are there emerging topics on the intersection of psychology and male sexual health are the questions that Prof. Joana Carvalho answers.

Prof. Joana Carvalho is a member of the EAU Working Group on Sexual and Reproductive Health. 

Prof. Carvalho closes this podcast talking about the role of scientific and professional societies in the promotion of a biopsychosocial approach to male sexual problems.

Dr. Josine Quaedackers is a member of the EAU Guidelines panel on Paediatric Urology.

In this podcast, she explains what microlithiasis is. In adults testicular microlithiasis has been associated with an increased risk of testicular malignancy. Dr. Josine Quaedackersanswered the question of whether this is the same in children.

She examines the question of what happens to the risk when the child with testicular microlithiasis becomes an adult. And finally, she gave the advice in case of an incidental finding of testicular microlithiasis in an adolescent boy.

Dr. Alexandra Masson-Lecomte is a member of the EAU Guidelines panel on Upper Urinary Tract Urothelial Cell Carcinoma (UTUC). 

In this podcast, she speaks about the challenges and evidence regarding the administration of perioperative chemotherapy in high-risk UTUC. 

She also discusses post-operative chemotherapy and alternatives to cisplatin based chemo. 

Dr Kay Thomas is a member of the EAU Guidelines urolithiasis panel. In this podcast, she talks about the basic evaluation that should be done for all stone formers.  She also elaborates on the question of who needs more specific evaluation and what investigations would you recommend. Finally, she gives her recommendations for a patient with low risk and high risks of recurrence.

Prof. Alberto Breda, the Chair of the EAU Guidelines panel for Kidney transplantation, discussing the latest advances in surgical techniques for organ retrieval and kidney transplantation surgery.

With over 400 peer-reviewed papers published, Prof. Bhaskar Somani is an editorial board member of 4 journals and a reviewer for 15 journals. In this episode, he shares his experience in publishing scientific papers. The scope of his podcast includes:

• Tips and tricks for a successful outcome
• How to select a topic or a journal
• Core skills needed in publishing a scientific paper
• How to deal with rejection
• Secrets of successful teams who publish numerous articles

Guest: Prof. Bhaskar Somani, Consultant Urological Surgeon within Medicine at the University of Southampton 

What are the recommendations for the management of stage I seminoma and stage I non-seminoma after orchiectomy? Tune in as Dr. Stefanie Fischer provides vital information on this, as well as, the risks of relapse after orchiectomy, and the pros and cons of various strategies. 

Guest: Dr Stefanie Fischer, oncologist member of the EAU Guidelines panel for Testicular Cancer 

In this episode, Prof. Christian Radmayr shares his expert insights in treating undescended testes covering topics such as:

• Frequency of undescended testes among boys
• Reasons for its occurrence
• How to classify undescended testes
• When to start treatment
• Options for surgical therapy, and more

 Guest: Prof. Christian Radmayr, the Chair of the EAU Guidelines panel for Paediatric Urology