Prof Somani is a world renowned endourologist and a high-volume surgeon. He has performed more than 2000 ureteroscopy procedures (surgery to treat kidney stones). His outcomes show a stone-free rate of 96% and a minor complication rate of 4%, with nearly 80% of patients being able to go home on the same day as their surgery. Prof Somani is also the clinical director of the south coast regional lithotripsy services (a treatment that uses shock waves to break down kidney stones). More than 2,500 procedures have been carried out under his supervision since 2012. He is also the Editor in Chief of Journal of Clinical Urology, the official journal of British Association of Urological Surgeons (BAUS).
Selected publications from PubMed
The durability and effectiveness of hydrogel retrieval method for urinary stone fragments: an in-vitro study.
Grigoryan H, Gauhar V, Musayelyan A, Muradyan A, Tadevosyan G, Avoyan A, Radfar H, Liatsikos E, Kallidonis P, Ergul R, Ballesta Martinez B, Pietropaolo A, Somani B, Tsaturyan A
World J Urol. 2026 Sep 4;44(1) pii: 639. doi: 10.1007/s00345-026-06746-x.
RADA16 as a novel hemostatic and regenerative agent in urology: European Association of Urology endourology up-to-date overview.
Talyshinskii A, Somani BK
Curr Opin Urol. 2026 Sep 1;36(5):522-531 doi: 10.1097/MOU.0000000000001370.
Shaping the future of endourology: innovation, education, and evidence-based progress.
Somani BK, Traxer O
Curr Opin Urol. 2026 Sep 1;36(5):453-454 doi: 10.1097/MOU.0000000000001418.
Current impact of simulation-based surgical training in urology: a review from the European School of Urology and the European Association of Urology Endourology Section.
Sener TE, de Oliveira TR, Ozgur G, Veneziano D, Biyani CS, Liatsikos E, Traxer O, Somani B
Curr Opin Urol. 2026 Sep 1;36(5):477-484 doi: 10.1097/MOU.0000000000001425.
Advances in evaluating and delivering nontechnical skills training: The use of simulation, robotics, artificial intelligence and virtual reality.
Baskaran R, Singh A, Somani BK
Curr Opin Urol. 2026 Sep 1;36(5):485-492 doi: 10.1097/MOU.0000000000001419.
Flexible Ureteroscopy with MOSES Technology performed by Dr. Bashkar Somani (United Kingdom) and his team from the University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom.
With Lumenis
Published
Jan 2022
Endourology is a relatively young surgical endeavor, with the first percutaneous nephrolithotomy performed in the early 1980s.
With Boston Scientific
Published
Dec 2021
Dr. Bhaskar Somani, Dr. Khurshid Ghani, Dr. Amy E. Krambeck and Dr. Tev Aho present "Improving Endourology Practices With Innovating Technologies Using State-of-the-art Holmium Lasers".
With Lumenis
Published
Oct 2020
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