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Localised prostate cancer

Mr Arun Thomas discusses the latest diagnostic and surgical management approaches, including robotic surgery, for localised...

By - Mr Arun Thomas, Consultant Urologist and Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgeon, Beacon Hospital, Dublin - 13th Nov 2018
Feature
The role of hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy in ovarian cancer — an Irish perspective

Dr Fionnvola Armstrong, Mr Jurgen Mulsow and Prof Donal Brennan explain how hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC)...

By - Dr Fionnvola Armstrong, SpR in Gynaecology, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital; Mr Jurgen Mulsow, Consultant General and Colorectal Surgeon, National Centre for Peritoneal Malignancy, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital; and Prof Donal Brennan, Consultant Gynaecologist Oncologist, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital and Professoe of Gynaecological Oncology, Department of Gynaecological Oncology, UCD School of Medicine - 13th Nov 2018
Feature
IICN Neurology Update Meeting 2018, 19 October

All reports by Paul Mulholland

By - Mindo - 13th Nov 2018
Research
The latest in cancer therapy breakthroughs: TransOncXI 2018 meeting report

Dr Alex J Eustace gives an overview of the 11th International Symposium on Translational Research in...

By - Dr Alex J Eustace - 13th Nov 2018
Research
COPD – research and patient supports

COPD patients suffered fewer respiratory-related problems when treated with targeted lung denervation, phase 2 study results...

By - Mindo - 02nd Nov 2018
Management
Facial pain — diagnosis and treatment

Facial pain remains a clinically challenging diagnosis with significant therapeutic difficulties. While some causes are fairly...

By - Dr Aine O'Gara and Prof Connail McCrory, Consultant in Pain Medicine, Department of Pain Medicine, St James's Hospital, Dublin - 24th Oct 2018
Feature
Post-thoracotomy pain syndrome: Do we have the key to the Pandora’s box?

Ironically as a population we are now expected to live longer and this combined with improved...

By - Dr Dominic A. Hegarty, Consultant in Pain Management and Neuromodulation, Mater Private Hospital, Cork, and Clinical Director, Pain Relief Ireland - 24th Oct 2018
Feature
The complex psychology of pain management

Pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage. It...

By - Siún Tobin MPSI, Senior Pharmacist, Our Lady's Hospice and Care Services, Dublin - 24th Oct 2018
Management
The role of urodynamics in OAB

Urodynamics is essentially the general term to describe all the measurements that assess the function and...

By - Mindo - 11th Oct 2018
Management
Overactive bladder syndrome

Dr Aoibhinn McDermott, Department of Urology, University Hospital Galway (UHG), gave a detailed update on overactive...

By - Mindo - 11th Oct 2018
Feature
Male LUTS update

Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) are a common complaint in adult men with a major impact...

By - Mindo - 11th Oct 2018
Feature
Urinary incontinence — a hidden condition

Urinary incontinence is largely a ‘hidden’ condition. Patients do not readily admit to symptoms and some...

By - Dr Fadi Salameh, Subspecialty Fellow in Urogynaecology, and Prof Barry O'Reilly, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Subspecialist Urogynaecology, Head of the Urogynaecology Department, Cork University Maternity Hospital - 11th Oct 2018

Localised prostate cancer

The role of hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy in ovarian cancer — an Irish perspective

IICN Neurology Update Meeting 2018, 19 October

The latest in cancer therapy breakthroughs: TransOncXI 2018 meeting report

COPD – research and patient supports

Facial pain — diagnosis and treatment

Post-thoracotomy pain syndrome: Do we have the key to the Pandora’s box?

The complex psychology of pain management

The role of urodynamics in OAB

Overactive bladder syndrome

Male LUTS update

Urinary incontinence — a hidden condition

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