Kategoria BISAC: Medical >> Urology

Overactive Bladder: Practical Management provides urologists, gynecologists and other health practitioners with a comprehensive clinical guide to this very common problem, resulting in a perfect resource to consult time and time again.

Beginning with an introductory section covering the definition and pathophysiolgy of OAB, it then moves on to cover evaluation, first-line management, second-line management and finally surgery.

Well-illustrated throughout, each chapter begins with a key points box outlining the most important take-home messages. Also included are...

Prostate Cancer, Science and Clinical Practice, Second Edition, continues to be an important translational reference that bridges the gap between science and clinical medicine. It reviews the biological processes that can be implicated in the disease, reviews current treatments, highlights the pitfalls where relevant, and examines the scientific developments that might result in future treatments.

Key chapters from the previous edition have been updated, and a plethora of new chapters describe new concepts of prostate cancer biology and newly developed therapeutics. Each...

Clinical Urologic Endocrinology: Principles for Men's Health provides an organized, accessible reference on men's endocrinological health.

Over 30 million men in the US alone suffer from erectile dysfunction and over 13 million men in the US suffer from hypogonadism (low testosterone). One out of seven couples also suffer from subfertility of which 50-60% have male factor involvement. More and more men are coming forward to seek treatment for such issues, which in the past were considered taboo and there is a strong need for a book which provides guidance for practitioners...

In the 6 years since the publication of the first volume of Recent Advances in Endourology by the Japanese Society of Endourology and ESWL, data on long-term oncological or functional outcomes have been collected in several related fields, and advances in surgical techniques and improved instrumentation have led to further development of such complex surgery as laparoscopic partial nephrectomy and radical prostatectomy. This seventh volume in the series focuses on the treatment of urogenital malignancies by endourological procedures, including laparoscopic surgery with robotic assistance....

Recent research and clinical work have demonstrated that the rapid urologic innovation in minimally invasive treatment is creating exciting new horizons in endourology. This sixth volume in the series Recent Advances in Endourology brings that knowledge to a wider audience, focusing on the new concept of endourooncology, which is the merging of endourology and oncology. In the surgical treatment of urologic malignancies, bipolarization - that is, radical extended resection or organ-sparing surgery - is making remarkable advances. Further developments in sophisticated...

Das gesamte Spektrum der transurethralen und perkutanen Endourologie wird ubersichtlich und praxisnah dargestellt. Schritt fur Schritt wird die Vorgehensweise in Wort und Bild erlautert und auf mogliche Komplikationen eingegangen.
Alle Urologen, die endoskopisch operieren, profitieren von:
- der langjahrigen Erfahrung der Autoren aus 5 Urologischen Kliniken
- der einheitlichen und pragnanten Darstellung der Operationen
- den informativen Abbildungen typischer Befunde
- Empfehlungen - "Tipps und Tricks"
- wichtig fur einen erfolgreichen Einsatz der Methode
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Neue Wege in der operativen Uroonkologie

Dieses Buchbeschreibt besondere operative Verfahren in ihren Einsatzfeldern von der praktischen Durchfuhrung bis zu ihrerStellung in der Literatur und den Leitlinien. Daruber hinaus geben die ausgewiesenen Experten Hinweise, wie solche Operationen praktisch, moglichst risikoarm und effektiv zu gestalten seien.

Im Spannungsfeld zwischen den Radikaltherapien auf der einen Seite und dem vorubergehenden Nichtbehandeln auf der anderen Seite suchen viele Betroffene nach sogenannten alternativen Therapien. Dabei handelt es sich um Verfahren, welche...

The book covers the complete field of testis cancer including the germ cell tumors and the stromal tumors, from epidemiology to new chemotherapeutic agents and schedules, throughout genetic features, risk factors, risk adapted treatments, role of different types of surgery and special clinical situations. Special attention is focused on fertility issues, late effects of the primary therapy and the economical aspects of the different treatment policies.

As a result of the third Consensus Conference, a consensual follow-up can be devised and a chapter dedicated to this controversial...