Aftab S. Chishti • Shumyle Alam Stefan G. Kiessling Editors 2014 Physicians have always been fascinated by the complexity and intricacy of fetal organogenesis including the development of the genitourinary tract. The individual developmental stages, though complicated and still incompletely understood, usually occur without interruptions. On the other hand, newborns can face a wide variety […]
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Axel S. Merseburger • Markus A. Kuczyk Judd W. Moul Editors 2014
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Gopal H. Badlani Editor 2014 Pelvic floor dysfunction is a major healthcare problem, affecting millions of women throughout the world. Incontinence has a larger economic impact than many chronic conditions and diseases. One in every nine American women will undergo surgery for a pelvic floor disorder in her lifetime, with 30 % of those women […]
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John P. Mulhall • Wayland Hsiao Editors 2014 A Clinician’s Guide Andrology, the study of all things male, straddles two worlds in our modern medical apparatus: sexual medicine and reproductive medicine. With differing focuses and often-different patient populations, an andrologist has to truly master both disciplines to take care of the whole male. It is […]
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Stefan S. du Plessis • Ashok Agarwal Edmund S. Sabanegh Jr. Editors 2014 A Complete Guide to Lifestyle and Environmental Factors Male infertility is on the upsurge worldwide, thereby contributing progressively more to couple infertility. There is growing evidence supporting causal links between the environment, lifestyle choices, general male health, systemic disease, and male reproductive […]
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Ernst Rainer Weissenbacher Monika Wirth • Ioannis Mylonas William J. Ledger • Steven S. Witkin 2014 The mucosal immune system in the female reproductive tract has evolved to meet the unique requirements of dealing with colonization with commensal microorganisms, sexually transmitted bacterial and viral pathogens, allogeneic spermatozoa, and the immunologically distinct fetus. It is now […]
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Tasuku Harada Editor 2014 Pathogenesis and Treatment Endometriosis remains an enigmatic disease despite a long history of research into its basic science and clinical aspects. Sampson published his pioneer article in 1927 theorizing that retrograde menstruation may cause peritoneal endometriosis. Since that time, researchers throughout the world have wrestled with the mysteries of the disease. […]
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James A. Eastham • Edward M. Schaeffer Editors 2014 Surgical Perspectives Radical prostatectomy is among the most complex operations performed byurologists and optimal results are sensitive to fine details in surgical technique. Outcomes research has repeatedly documented how markedly the results and complications of this operation vary among surgeons.
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Jack Cuzick • Mangesh A. Thorat Editors 2014 Recent Results in Cancer Research Volume 202 Prostate cancer is the most common type of cancer and the third leading cause of cancer death among men in the developed world. Better understanding of factors that modify the risk of prostate cancer and its preventive measures that include […]
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Nicholas James 2014 Prostate cancer is the most frequently diagnosed male cancer in the developed world and one of the leading causes of male cancer death after bowel and lung cancer. Due to both increasing rates of early diagnosis and more advanced treatment options and techniques, there are now many men who have been successfully […]
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