Helen OConnell AO
@OconnellProf
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President USANZ Urologist Surgeon Researcher
Melbourne, Australia
Joined February 2019
Are you the future of urology? Essay Competition. Submit on the topic of "Inclusion without Exclusion: Addressing Perceptions of Reverse Discrimination in Surgical Careers" Submissions Close 28 Nov25 An initiative of the USANZ DE&I Committee Find out more: https://t.co/jMyFpgJhZO
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🚨 NEW paper @EUplatinum 🚨 5-year Outcomes for Men after Negative Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) or Negative Biopsy in the #RAPID MRI-directed Prostate Cancer Diagnostic Pathway Led by @cut_tt_chase @LondonProstate1 @TaimurShah Read for free! https://t.co/YyvvThEgXj 1/4
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The magnetic resonance imaging–directed RAPID pathway is safe up to 5 yr of follow-up, with no metastases or cancer deaths. Fewer than one in 13 men developed grade group ≥2 prostate cancer, and only...
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MEET THE EXPERTS: Introducing Prof Christian Gratzke from Albert-Ludwigs-University, Germany who will present at #USANZ26. Specialty: Uro-oncology (Prostate cancer) and BPH/LUTS Read @cgratzke Profile and Research here: https://t.co/qm3RCkYl4y
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ICS-EUS 2025, State of the Art Lecture 2 - Join us for a cutting-edge presentation by Dr. Benoît Peyronnet: Robotic Surgery in Pelvic Floor Disorders: The Future Is Now https://t.co/p4ctmsrImI
#Urology #ICSEUS2025 #RoboticSurgery
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USANZ & ANZUNS 2026 ASM Melbourne Abstract Submissions Now Open! Don't leave it until the last minute to submit your abstract. Abstract Submissions will close on Monday 1st September. Find out more here: https://t.co/eZ1R75MKI3
@ANZUNS_Urology
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📢 The #ANZUP25 ASM begins tomorrow! We can't wait to welcome you as we Listen, Reflect and Connect together in an environment that promotes collaboration and innovation across the GU cancer space. See you soon! https://t.co/XSvFqcyo0C
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Our recent publication in @EurUrolOncol demonstrates - for the first time -that an AI-powered histologic biomarker (CHAI) can predict response to intravesical BCG vs. gemcitabine/docetaxel in high-grade NMIBC. A critical step forward in precision intravesical therapy.
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This will be a good one 👉 July UTI Hour Paediatric UTIs: Characterising pathogenesis and immune responses Hosted by Australia's Arthika Manoharan @Arthiii_M with guest speakers Dr John David Spencer @kidneytweets and another Aussie, Dr Aniruddh (Ani) Deshpande. Friday 11th
#UTIs don't sleep, and neither do we! Our next #UTIhour is already on the books. The topic is, "Paediatric UTIs: Characterising pathogenesis and immune responses." 👶👩🍼 Please mark your calendars for July 11, 2025, at 9AM EDT/1100 UTC! https://t.co/9GssIazqbI
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Overtreatment in prostate cancer surgery dropped since 2010! Better diagnostics. Smarter surveillance. Progress that saves not just lives — but quality of life. #oncology #Cancer #surgery #active @JAMAOnc @AmerUrological @Uroweb @wandering_gu @OncBrothers @Uromigos @OncoAlert
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Renew your ICS membership for 2025 now to ensure full and uninterrupted access to your ICS member benefits including all educational content! For a reminder of the perks of being an ICS member, visit: https://t.co/TWizAyRSmd
#ICSMember #ICSMembership #ICS #JoinICS
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Thank you @damien_bolton @USANZUrology
@AmerUrological / American urology is generous in recognising foreign colleagues but also in sharing vast knowledge via training opportunities #DrEdMcGuire
Great to see @OconnellProf being recognised at AUA meeting. So well deserved - congratulations Helen and @USANZUrology !
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We are very encouraged to see that @USANZUrology are now recognising chronic, embedded urinary tract infections. https://t.co/UrpWJAhG8Y
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📏 measuring #IRP is important. 💡 knowing how to utilize devices is equally important (#IRP_FANS #IRPfURS #pressurewire) Freshly out! 📝Measuring, monitoring and reporting intrarenal pressure: a practical guide to endourologists from section of #EAUendourology
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@MattBultitude Thanks @MattBultitude for your comments Prophylaxis likely works also for simple UTI: best guess is about 50% risk reduction (trial underpowered for the outcome) #APPEALtrial messages 1⃣ 1-dose cipro helps 2⃣ Not all need it 3⃣ Individualize: patient values & risk factors
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This UTI research used nanogels combined with a special peptide to push gentamicin inside infected bladder wall cells to clear the infection. The researchers say nanogel delivers about 36% more antibiotic inside cells compared to standard antibiotic delivery methods. It is
news.cuanschutz.edu
Promising new research shows potential to cure recurrent urinary tract infections through the use of a nanogel.
Promising New Research Shows Potential to Cure Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections https://t.co/LHprXgHxXL
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Twenty cycles (that's right 20) of Lutetium-177 PSMA-617 for metastatic castration-resistant cancer!! Check our case report just published in @JournalofNucMed
https://t.co/YShxfSF8rk Current randomized controlled data demonstrate the safety and efficacy of 6 cycles of
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MEET THE EXPERTS: Introducing Prof Mohit Khera, from @Baylor College of Medicine, USA who will present at #USANZ25 next week. Specialty: Andrology Read @DrMohitKhera Profile and Research here: https://t.co/ABTWGxeRU1
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MEET THE EXPERTS: Introducing A/Prof Stella Ivaz, University College London, UK who will present at #USANZ25. Specialty: Reconstructive Urology Read A/Prof @stellaivaz Profile and Research here: https://t.co/ABTWGxeRU1
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Trimodality therapy versus radical cystectomy for muscle-invasive bladder cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis
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