Continence

Continence-1

Edited by Gopal H. Badlani G. Willy Davila Martin C. Michel Jean J.M.C.H. de la Rosette 2009 Current Concepts and Treatment Strategies When we first met to consider a proposal to put together a book on urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse, the obvious question was “why another book.” The answer was not easy but a need was perceived […]

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Contemporary Interventional Ultrasonography in Urology

Contemporary Interventional Ultrasonography in Urology-1

Edited by Osamu Ukimura Inderbir S. Gill 2009 Ultrasonography has evolved from a branch of acoustics that deals with the study and use of sound waves to an important clinical modality in assessing varied structures and organ systems throughout the body. Much of the work began in the 1940s after World War II by examining intracranial abnormalities, and later intrathoracic […]

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Biennial Review of Infertility Volume 1

Biennial Review of Infertility-1

Douglas T. Carrell • Catherine Racowsky Peter N. Schlegel • Bradley J. Van Voorhis Editors 2009 Infertility is a common and profound medical disease. The speed at which our understanding of reproductive medicine grows and new technologies emerge is accelerating and daunting. The objective of this book is to present important and cutting edge topics relevant to infertility […]

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Urinary Tract Stone Disease

Urinary Tract Stone Disease-1

P. Nagaraja Rao • Glenn M. Preminger John P. Kavanagh Editors 2011 The surgical management of urinary stone disease has advanced quite dramatically since the introduction of shock wave lithotripsy (SWL), percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL), ureteroscopy (URS), and more recently retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS) with small, flexible fiber-optic ureteroscopes.

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Urinary Tract

Urinary Tract-1

Karl-Erik Andersson l Martin C. Michel Editors 2011 Functional disorders of the urinary tract are common and in many cases have major adverse effects on the quality of life of the afflicted patients. These include disorders of the ureters, the bladder, the urethra, the prostate and the pelvic floor. For a long time, only surgical approaches and conservative […]

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Practical Urology: Essential Principles and Practice

Practical Urology

Christopher R. Chapple and William D. Steers (Eds.) 2011 One of the many characteristics that distinguishes training in surgery from merely an apprenticeship is a clear and integrated understanding not only of the basis of disease, but its clinical management. The practice of urology is therefore grounded in scientific principles, but also incorporates the important “crafts” of both […]

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