Retrograde Ureteroscopy: Handbook of Endourology contains five focused, review-oriented volumes that are ideal for students and clinicians looking for a comprehensive review rather than a whole course.
Topics covered review both the endourological diagnosis and treatment of prostate, urethral, urinary bladder, upper urinary tract, and renal pathology, with all chapters describing the most recent techniques, reviewing the latest results, and analyzing the most modern technologies.
In the past ten years, the field of endourology has expanded beyond the urinary tract to include all urologic, minimally-invasive surgical procedures. Recent advancements in robotic and laparoscopic bladder surgery make this one of the fastest moving fields in medicine. As current textbooks are too time-consuming for busy urologists or trainees who also need to learn other areas of urology, this collection provides a quick references with over 4000 images that are appropriate for fellows and those teaching in the field.
Key Features
- Offers review content for urologists in training and “refresher¿ content for experts in endourology
- Explores new surgical techniques and technology through review-level content and extensive images of pathologies
- Includes over 500 images per volume that were taken from more than 4000 endourologic procedures performed annually at the editor’s hospital
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1: History
- Abstract
- 1.1. History
- Chapter 2: Notions of Histology, Anatomy, and Physiology of the Upper Urinary Tract
- Abstract
- 2.1. Generalities
- 2.2. Notions of upper urinary tract histology
- 2.3. Descriptive anatomy of the upper urinary tract
- 2.4. Endoscopic anatomy of the upper urinary tract
- 2.5. Upper urinary tract physiology
- Chapter 3: Instruments
- Abstract
- 3.1. Generalities
- 3.2. Rigid ureteroscopes
- 3.3. Semirigid ureteroscopes
- 3.4. Flexible ureteroscopes
- 3.5. Energy sources
- 3.6. Accessory instruments
- 3.7. Ureteral stents
- Chapter 4: Diagnostic Ureteroscopy
- Abstract
- 4.1. Generalities
- 4.2. Indications and contraindications
- 4.3. Diagnostic ureteroscopy technique
- 4.4. Incidents and complications
- 4.5. Results
- Chapter 5: Indications and Limitations of Therapeutic Ureteroscopy
- Abstract
- 5.1. Indications for therapeutic retrograde ureteroscopy
- 5.2. Limitations of rigid and semirigid ureteroscopy
- 5.3. Limitations of flexible ureteroscopy
- Chapter 6: Retrograde Ureteroscopy in the Treatment of Upper Urinary Tract Lithiasis
- Abstract
- 6.1. Generalities
- 6.2. Indications
- 6.3. Rigid and semirigid retrograde ureteroscopy technique
- 6.4. Flexible retrograde ureteroscopy technique
- 6.5. The results of retrograde ureteroscopy in the treatment of upper urinary tract lithiasis
- 6.6. Incidents and complications of retrograde ureteroscopy
- 6.7. Ureteroscopy in the treatment of particular situations of lithiasis
- Chapter 7: Retrograde Ureteroscopy in the Treatment of Caliceal Diverticula
- Abstract
- 7.1. Generalities
- 7.2. Indications of retrograde ureterorenoscopic approach for caliceal diverticula
- 7.3. Technique particularities
- 7.4. Results
- 7.5. Complications
- Chapter 8: Retrograde Ureteroscopy for the Treatment of Upper Urinary Tract Tumors
- Abstract
- 8.1. Generalities
- 8.2. Diagnosis and staging
- 8.3. Indications
- 8.4. Operatory technique particularities
- 8.5. Results
- 8.6. Adjuvant therapy
- 8.7. Controversies
- 8.8. Complications
- 8.9. Follow-up protocol
- Chapter 9: Retrograde Ureteroscopy in the Treatment of Ureteral Stenoses
- Abstract
- 9.1. History
- 9.2. Generalities
- 9.3. Indications
- 9.4. Instruments
- 9.5. Notions of operative technique
- 9.6. Particular situations
- Chapter 10: Retrograde Ureteroscopy in the Treatment of Ureteropelvic Junction Stenosis
- Abstract
- 10.1. Generalities
- 10.2. Indications
- 10.3. Retrograde endopyelotomy technique
- 10.4. Results
- 10.5. Complications
- 10.6. Follow-up
- Chapter 11: Retrograde Ureteroscopy in the Treatment of Infundibular Stenosis
- Abstract
- 11.1. Generalities
- 11.2. Indications
- 11.3. Techniques
- 11.4. Results
- Chapter 12: Ureteroscopy in the Treatment of Iatrogenic Injuries
- Abstract
- 12.1. Generalities
- 12.2. Classification
- 12.3. Diagnosis
- 12.4. Therapeutic options
- Chapter 13: Ureteroscopy in Particular Situations
- Abstract
- 13.1. Generalities
- 13.2. Ureteroscopy in children
- 13.3. Ureteroscopy in pregnancy
- 13.4. Ureteroscopy in patients with reno-ureteral abnormalities
- Subject Index
- Alpern, Seldin & Giebisch’s The Kidney: Physiology and Pathophysiology, 5e, Two-Volume Set, 9780123814623, AP, Jan 2013, 3,290 pp., $400.00
- Kimmel and Rosenberg, Chronic Renal Disease, 9780124116023, AP, Oct 2014, 868 pp., $199.95
- Mydlo and Godec, Prostate Cancer, 2e, 9780128000779, AP, Jun 2015, 700 pp., 2003, $199.95
- Smith, Hinman’s Atlas of Urological Surgery, 3e, 9781416042105, Saunders, Jul 2012, 1184 pp., $277.00
- Wein, Campbell-Walsh Urology, 10e, Four-Volume Set, 9781416069119, Saunders, Aug 2011, 4,168 pp., $589.00
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