H. Kumon, M. Murai, S. Baba (Eds.) 2005 New Horizons in Endourology The trend in all surgical disciplines has been toward nonoperative or minimally invasive treatment. Endourology, which began with the development of cystoscopy, now encompasses all minimally invasive techniques including urologic laparoscopy, creating new horizons in endourology.
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Hashim Hashim, John Reynard, and Nigel C. Cowan 2005 The specialty of urology has evolved into a less surgical and more cognitive discipline. Indeed, most of what we do in our daily clinical practice involves nonoperative patient care. However many of our patients present with, what are perceived as, emergencies.
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Edited by HUNTER WESSELLS JACK W. MCANINCH 2005 The changing paradigms of health care delivery require that the management of more and more complex problems takes place in the emergency department and the offices of primary care providers. A cadre of emergency physicians with limited urological training is being called upon to diagnose and treat many acute conditions […]
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Edited by GREGORY A. BRODERICK 2005 For the generation that reached sexual maturity in the 1960s, the “pill” became synonymous with sexual freedom and started a sexual revolution. For women it meant freedom from the fear of pregnancy, and for men enhanced sexual opportunity.
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R. Hohenfellner J.-U. Stolzenburg 2005 With the first cystoscopy performed by Maximilian Nitze more than 100 years ago, endoscopy developed step by step to become eventually a subspecialty in urology now called endourology. Manual Endourology addresses young trainees in urology and is written by experts in this field who are also experienced teachers.
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Jonathan Waxman (Ed) 2005 Urological cancer constitutes approximately 30% of all cancer occurring in the Third and Second Worlds. In the main, these diseases are caused by environmental factors, such as diet and smoking, and it is hoped that action to regulate the influence of these environmental pathogens will lead to a decreased incidence over the next two or […]
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Dimitrios Linos (Editor) Jon A. van Heerden (Editor) 2005 Diagnostic Aspects and Surgical Therapy This book is a tribute to my teacher in surgery Jon van Heerden. “Jon,” for his many friends, yet always “Dr. van Heerden” for me (who never managed to overcome the anxiety I felt, as a chief resident, when interrupting a golf game to discuss […]
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Steven D.Wexner (Ed) Andrew P. Zbar Mario Pescatori 2005 Investigation and Management The recent profusion of colorectal and anal surgical techniques and investigative procedures has made it comparatively difficult for both the general surgeon with a colorectal interest and the specialist coloproctologist to keep up with the body of new literature and the regular appearance of new surgical procedures.
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Philippe E. Zimmern, Peggy A. Norton, François Haab and Christopher C.R. Chapple (Eds) 2006 Up to 20 million women in the US have incontinence and up to a third with pelvic organ prolapse will undergo repeat corrective surgery. Aware of these impressive epidemiologic data, many specialty organizations have started in the last 5 years or so to offer […]
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F. Schreiter G.H Jordan 2006 This textbook seeks to determine the current state-of-the-art of reconstructive urethral surgery and to identify new trends in this subspecialty of reconstructive urology. To this end, internationally known experts and opinion leaders in the field were invited to Hamburg, Germany to discuss and demonstrate today’s commonly used surgical techniques.
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