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Kidney stones are currently managed using laser lithotripsy and the most recent generation of laser generators have enabled the possibility of the dusting technique. Dusting avoids the use of a basket, as stone fragments are spontaneously evacuated; however, no consensus on the definition of dust currently exists.
Is gender parity in urology possible? Although the number of female urologists is increasing, a disparity remains in the gender composition of the editorial boards of the top urology journals and in urological societies.
Although sexual disorders have been widespread for millennia, sexual medicine has historically been an unofficial specialty with no standards of training or recognition. Initiatives from the European Society for Sexual Medicine have sought to cement its role in modern medicine and to encourage and support early-career physicians and sexologists in their chosen specialty.