Akila N. Viswanathan • Christian Kirisits Beth E. Erickson • Richard Pötter (Editors) 2011 Novel Approaches to Image-Guidance and Management The use of complex 3D imaging has significantly changed medicine in its approach to patients, particularly to those going under radiation. Over the past 30 years, the field of radiation oncology has evolved from reliance on pure […]
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M. Pilar Laguna • Peter Albers Carsten Bokemeyer • Jerome P. Richie Editors 2011 Although the incidence of testis tumors is the lowest among the urological malignancies, the conditions surrounding its diagnosis are more dramatic, if possible, than those concerning other cancers. It appears in adolescents or young adults, most of them still without children, and when metastatic, […]
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Editor John P. Mulhall 2011 Due to the nature of my practice in my capacity as the Director of Male Sexual & Reproductive Medicine at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, it has become clear to me that to date there does not exist a reference work devoted to the link between cancer and human sexuality.
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Ashok K. Hemal · Mani Menon Editors 2011 It has been a privilege for us to write the preface for this book, Robotics in Genitourinary Surgery. The da Vinci robot is a staggeringly sophisticated tool, although it has been around for only a decade and has witnessed a logarithmic increase in numbers of robot-assisted surgeries since its inception. […]
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Edited by Michael C. Ost 2011 I am thankful to have had the opportunity to work with Springer to create a unique textbook focusing on “Robotic and Laparoscopic Reconstructive Surgery in Children and Adults.” The publication of this reference is timely and it is truly “one of a kind.”
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Jean V. Joseph • Hitendra R.H. Patel (Editors 2011 Minimally invasive surgery has experienced significant growth over the past decades. When compared to other disciplines, the growth in the urology arena has been unrivaled. Procedures that were routinely done using an open approach have been quickly converted to a laparoscopic approach.
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Edited by JEFFREY S. PALMER 2011 Pediatric urology covers a wide range of medical conditions from those managed medically (e.g., voiding dysfunction) to those managed surgically (e.g., bladder exstrophy). Although some conditions are similar in both children and adults, such as hematuria and hydroceles, their etiology and management may be different.
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Edited by Edmund S. Sabanegh 2011 Problems and Solutions With almost 50% of infertility attributed either wholly or in part to male issues, it has become increasingly important to look at infertility from a couple’s perspective. Advances in assisted reproductive technologies allow more conceptions than ever before, but such treatments may come with significant financial and safety cost.
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Jens-Uwe Stolzenburg · Ingolf A. Türk Evangelos N. Liatsikos (Editors) 2011 Laparoscopic urologic surgery has been well established in the management of urologic patients for more than two decades. The majority of oncological and reconstructive urologic surgery can be performed by a laparoscopic approach providing significant advantages for the patient.
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Edited by T.R. Srinivas Daniel A. Shoskes 2011 Kidney transplants are the most frequently performed solid organ transplants. Pancreas transplantation offers unique survival and quality of life benefits to selected diabetics with or without concomitant renal failure.
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