PEYRONIES DISEASE

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Edited by LAURENCE A. LEVINE 2007 A GUIDE TO CLINICAL MANAGEMENT I am delighted to present Peyronie’s Disease: A Guide to Clinical Management as the first text dedicated to Peyronie’s disease. As physicians, we are aware of the many frustrations associated with treating the man who presents with this difficult disorder. Much of the frustration is caused by […]

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Pediatric Endourology Techniques

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Prasad P. Godbole (Ed.) 2007 Pediatric urology has rapidly developed as a separate subspeciality in the last decade. During this time, significant advances in technology and instrumentation have meant that more procedures can be performed by the minimally invasive route. However, access to and availability of adequate training facilities and resources continues to hinder surgeons in acquiring experience and […]

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Urological Tests in Clinical Practice

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Nagaraja P. Rao, Shalom J. Srirangam and Glenn M. Preminger 2007 As this book was going to press, the Editor-in-Chief of the British Journal of Urology International introduced an interesting and timely phrase “finger tip urology”. He has rightly pointed out that medical knowledge base is expanding so rapidly that no urologist can keep pace.  

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THE GENETICS OF MALE INFERTILITY

The Genetics of Male Infertility-1

Edited by DOUGLAS T. CARRELL 2007 Male infertility is a common and severe health problem. Infertility not only affects one’s ability to have children, but also has emotional, psychological, family, and societal effects. Despite the prevalence and significance of this health problem, resources and attention have not been sufficiently focused on this important issue.

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Endoscopic Extraperitoneal Radical Prostatectomy

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J.-U. Stolzenburg • M. T. Gettman • E. N. Liatsikos (Eds.) 2007 Laparoscopic and Robot-Assisted Surgery Endoscopic/laparoscopic extraperitoneal radical prostatectomy has been established in the literature as an intriguing therapeutic option for the management of carcinoma of the prostate. Endoscopic and robotic approaches have proved to be equally effective for the management of localized prostate cancer.

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Acquired Cystic Disease of the Kidney and Renal Cell Carcinoma

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Isao Ishikawa 2007 Complications of Long-Term Dialysis I have been involved in the treatment of chronic renal insufficiency for 40 years, beginning with peritoneal dialysis immediately after graduation from medical school in 1965, then with hemodialysis in 1967 after I first experienced it in Kanazawa, and with renal transplantation since 1972, when I was studying in the United […]

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