Introduction Considering the distinctive nature in terms of psychological stress and anal tone of position which is generally selected between lithotomy and left lateral decubitus (LLD), we postulated ...

Lithotomy is the surgical removal of calculi or stones from the bladder, kidneys, or urinary tract. At the time this surgical set was manufactured there were two operations for the removing stones.

Prostate cancer diagnosis requires biopsy, traditionally performed under local anaesthetic with ultrasound guidance via a transrectal approach (TRUS). Local anaesthetic ultrasound-guided transperineal ...

The year is 1828. Anaesthesia is yet to be invented and tethered to an operating table in the centre of a crowded, putrid theatre at Guy’s Hospital, a patient screams at his surgeon to stop the ...

Evidence-based recommendations on transperineal laser ablation for treating lower urinary tract symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia. This involves using laser energy to destroy some of the ...

UCL Home Museums and Collections UCL Pathology Museum Highlights The first case of nephro-lithotomy The first case of nephro-lithotomy Nephrolithotomy is a surgical procedure that removes kidney ...

The death of a baby boy who suffered severe brain damage during his birth in a Northern Ireland hospital was avoidable, a coroner has found.

Based at the Royal Free Hospital, UCL’s Pathology Museum contains 8,000 human pathology specimens used for teaching, research and public engagement in human health and disease.