Robotic Surgery of the Bladder

Robotic Surgery of the Bladder-1

Erik P. Castle • Raj S. Pruthi Editors 2014 Since the introduction of the surgical robot into the armamentarium of urological surgeons, there has been a rapid adoption of the robotic approach to urological procedures. Until recently, prostate and kidney surgery have been the primary techniques to which robotic surgery has been implemented.

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Male LUTS/BPH Made Easy

Male LUTS

Christopher R. Chapple • Andrea Tubaro Editors 2014 It is a great honour and pleasure to introduce this book on the subject of male LUTS/ BPH. The principle of the book is to emphasise the genesis of thought relating to lower urinary tract symptoms in male patients and to explore the relationship of these symptoms […]

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Kidney Development in Renal Pathology

Kidney Development in Renal Pathology-1

Gavino Faa • Vassilios Fanos Editors 2014 The field of development of the human kidney is a complex and in part unknown process which requires interactions between pluripotential/stem cells, undifferentiated mesenchymal cells of the metanephros, epithelial and mesenchymal components, eventually leading to the coordinate development of multiple differentiated epithelial, vascular, and stromal cell types within […]

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Bladder Dysfunction in the Adult

Bladder Dysfunction in the Adult-1

Alan J. Wein • Karl-Erik Andersson Marcus J. Drake • Roger R. Dmochowski Editors 2014 The Basis for Clinical Management The idea for this text arose from an informal discussion between the four of us at the annual ICI-RS (International Consultation on Incontinence-Research Society). The concept was to produce a series of presentations that covered […]

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Advanced Male Urethral and Genital Reconstructive Surgery

Advanced Male Urethral and Genital Reconstructive Surgery-1

Steven B. Brandes • Allen F. Morey Editors 2014 We are extremely pleased with the completed version of this unique textbook on advanced male urethral and genital reconstruction. The discipline of male reconstructive urology has expanded beyond merely urethroplasty and penile and scrotal reconstruction; other important related topics include surgery for urinary incontinence, erectile dysfunction, […]

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Anesthesia for Urologic Surgery

Anesthesia for Urologic Surgery-1

Daniel M. Gainsburg Ethan O. Bryson Elizabeth A.M. Frost Editors 2014 Recognition of urology as a specialty within surgery occurred fairly recently. However, for hundreds, if not thousands of years, uroscopy, from which urology derives, was the basis of medical practice. The ancient Greeks, Babylonians, and Egyptians, to name just a few, used the inspection […]

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