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Once in the portal app simply press the tile titled “BAUS 2018” to access this year’s app. IOS App Store Download Android App Store Download Web App ISSN 2051-4158 JCU Volume 11 Issue 1S June 2018 Journal of Clinical Urology Formerly British Journal of Medical and Surgical Urology An official publication of The British Association of Urological Surgeons Editor: Ian Pearce Abstracts of the BAUS 2018 Annual Scientific Meeting 25-27 June 2018 ACC Liverpool, Liverpool Volume 11 Number 1S June 2018 Contents President’s Introduction 2 Kieran O’Flynn Original Article A Series of Fortunate Events: Harold Hopkins 4 Jonathan Charles Goddard BAUS 2018 Abstracts 9 Funding statement: This work was supported by The British Association of Urological Surgeons Limited. 772797URO Journal of Clinical UrologyIntroduction Introduction Journal of Clinical Urology 2018, Vol. 11(1S) 2 –3 President’s Introduction © British Association of Urological Surgeons 2018 Reprints and permissions: sagepub.co.uk/journalsPermissions.nav DOI:https://doi.org/10.1177/2051415818772797 10.1177/2051415818772797 journals.sagepub.com/home/uro On behalf of BAUS Council I am delighted to welcome (Cleveland, Ohio, USA) and Dr Frank van der Aa (Leuven, you to the 2018 Annual Scientific Meeting. The feedback Belgium). we received about the new format for BAUS last year was Last year we had a session entitled ‘When things go excellent and 2018 sees us build on this success. The meet- wrong’ which focused on the impact of adverse events. ing programme aims to be relevant to all of us in our work- This year’s BAUS Guest Lecturer is Mr David Sellu who ing lives – the subjects cover both clinical issues as well as has agreed to share his experiences with us – this promises ones that support our health and well-being. to be a very thought provoking lecture. Professor Kevin It is the 70th anniversary of the NHS this year and we Turner then brings us a session on ‘AUR – Adverse Events, have a session on Tuesday 26 June which will mark this Urologists & Resistance’ which will be relevant to all of us milestone. While those of us on the front line continue to in our working lives. be challenged by the resources available to us to support The Academic Urology, Andrology (AGUS) and the delivery of care, our patients have undoubtedly bene- Female (FNUU) Sections are holding their annual meet- fitted from innovations in the specialty and Professor Tony ings on Monday 25 June. There will be a joint session Young is leading a session on this important subject. James between Andrology (AGUS) and Female (FNUU) sections Green’s session on quality improvement continues this on Monday afternoon. On Wednesday Dominic Hodgson theme and Simon Harrison will be giving an update on the (Education Lead for FYs and CTs) is convening a meeting Getting it Right First Time (GIRFT) project for Urology in for core trainees in urology and we will also hope to wel- his JCU address. come our first medical student members to our Annual In addition to state of the art papers we are delighted, Meeting – this new (non-voting) membership category once again, to have a number of key opinion leaders join- was agreed by the BAUS Trustees in February and we are ing us for the meeting. Professor Robert Wachter (Professor delighted they will become part of our very special and Chair of the Department of Medicine, University of Association. California in San Francisco) will be giving the BJUI Guest The programme of courses will run again this year and, Lecture. Professor Wachter chaired the National Advisory as ever, we advise if you plan to attend a Teaching or Skills Group on Health Information Technology in England Course - please book early as places are limited; we expect which resulted in the publication of the Wachter Review they will prove to be popular. We will be introducing a new advising the National Health Service on its digital strategy Skills Course on MRI and Target Biopsy as well as new – a session definitely not to be missed. We are also Teaching Courses on research methodology and the delighted to welcome Professor Alan Partin, the 2018 St Urology Finishing School. Paul’s Medal winner, and Professor Sanjay Kulkarni, who The meeting concludes on Wednesday afternoon with a will be receiving Honorary Membership of BAUS. They session giving updates from each of the Sections and will both be speakers in the ‘Global Urological Practice – breaking news. This is a ‘must attend’ session and prom- Similarities and Differences’ session being led by Duncan ises to give a fantastic overview of recent publications and Summerton as well as participating in sessions throughout developments in Urology over the past year. the week. We are grateful to all our international speakers The main social event of the meeting will be a drinks for taking the time to travel to Liverpool and for their con- reception held on Monday 25 June in the iconic Liver tributions to the scientific programme: confirmed speakers Building. This will be a great opportunity to catch up with include Professor Ben Chew (Vancouver, Canada), Dr friends and colleagues. Matt Neilsen (Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA), Dr Our thanks go to our colleagues from the pharmaceuti- Andre van der Merwe (Stellenbosch, South Africa), Dr cal and equipment companies for continuing their very gen- Andrea Saloni (Milan, Italy), Dr Howard Goldman erous support of the Association’s educational activities, Introduction 3 including meetings run by the Sections and courses run by the abstracts, to Maelstrom, our Exhibition Managers and, the Education Committee. I hope you will show your most importantly, to Hannah Doyle (Events Manager) and appreciation by visiting their stands in the Medical and Harry Heald (Events Co-ordinator) in the BAUS Office for Trade Exhibition during the week. We have scheduled the enormous amount of work they have put into planning times into the programme to allow you to visit the exhibi- this meeting. tion hall. ‘Scouse BAUS’ always proves to be popular – and I I would like to thank Paul Jones (Honorary Secretary) hope you will join me for my second, and final, meeting as and Asif Muneer (Honorary Secretary Elect) for leading BAUS President. I will be handing over the Presidency to the development of an exceptional and highly relevant Duncan Summerton at the meeting and would like to wish meeting programme. Our thanks also go to members of the him every success in this most prestigious role. I look for- Programme Committee and Section Executive Committees ward to seeing you at the meeting. for their hard work in putting together excellent sessions, to our Abstract Reviewers for reading and marking all the Kieran O’Flynn submitted abstracts, to Mr Sam Hampson for proof reading President, BAUS 775309URO Journal of Clinical UrologyGoddard Original Article Journal of Clinical Urology 2018, Vol. 11(1S) 4 –8 A Series of Fortunate Events: © British Association of Urological Surgeons 2018 Reprints and permissions: Harold Hopkins sagepub.co.uk/journalsPermissions.nav DOI:https://doi.org/10.1177/2051415818775309 10.1177/2051415818775309 journals.sagepub.com/home/uro Jonathan Charles Goddard1,2 Abstract Harold Hopkins is known to most urologists for his innovations in the field of endourology: fibreoptics which led to the flexible cystoscopes and ureteroscopes and the rod lens system that revolutionised rigid cystoscopy and endourological surgery. Of course these inventions have benefitted many other areas of medicine such as gynaecology, orthopaedics and gastroenterology. Harold Hopkins however was an optical physicist; his genius was not limited to medical devices. Indeed he could quite easily have concentrated his skills in theoretical physics, optical theory or applied it to optics and lenses in industry. In fact, he could have become an expert linguist eschewing science altogether. As a matter of fact Hopkins did all of these things but it was a series of coincidences that led him to pursue the path of optics and that brought him together with certain doctors in need of a genius with the ability to see novel approaches to their problems. Keywords Harold Hopkins, James (Jim) Gow, Karl Storz, Rod lens, optics, fibreoptics In 1957 James Gordon Gow (Figure 1), a urologist in hard economic times of the 1920’s and 30’s. His father was Liverpool, was becoming increasingly frustrated by his often out of work; his mother, Teresa worked hard to edu- attempts to photograph tumours inside the bladder. Gow, a cate and bring up her children well. Harold attended the keen photographer, wished to record the images he saw local state school and Sunday school. His mother pro- down his cystoscope; he felt he was seeing an increase in the moted extracurricular activities and encouraged him to number of bladder tumours in his practice and wanted to take up free organ lessons at Church and took him to con- include a photographic record of them in the patient’s notes.1 certs of the Leicester Symphony Orchestra. Even at this This is the beginning of the story. The end of the story (so early age Harold must have made an impression, as one of far) can be seen by walking around the exhibition at this his teachers said to his mother, ‘Mrs Hopkins, do you real- year’s BAUS annual meeting in Liverpool and looking at the ise that your son is a genius?’.2 His mother’s encourage- most up to date endoscopic equipment on offer, which allows ment paid off as in 1929 he won a scholarship to the local us to see and operate with relative ease in the urinary tract.