Main description:

Leading national and international urologists in the field of endourology describe standard and advanced endoscopic procedures for treating upper-tract pathology. The authors provide step-by-step instructions for the latest endoscopic procedures, ranging from upper urinary tract calculi and strictures to urothelial cancer. Advanced Endourology: The Complete Clinical Guide offers practicing urologists and urology residents not only a comprehensive, illustrated guide to endourological techniques-particularly the more advanced procedures-but also a practical means to expand the range and scope of the procedures they perform.

Contents:

Part I. Diagnosis and Instrumentation

Endoscopic Imaging and Instrumentation

David S. Chou and Elspeth M. McDougall

Access, Stents, and Urinary Drainage

Ben H. Chew and John D. Denstedt

Percutaneous Access to the Urinary Tract

Samuel C. Kim and James E. Lingeman

Lateralizing Essential Hematuria

Murali K. Ankem and Stephen Y. Nakada

Diagnosis and Surveillance of Upper Tract Tumors

Douglas W. Soderdahl and Michael D. Fabrizio

Part II. Calculus Therapy

Ureteroscopy

David E. Rapp and Glenn S. Gerber

Ureteropyeloscopy for Calculi

Michael J. Conlin

Percutaneous Stone Removal

Louis Eichel and Ralph V. Clayman

Calculus Therapy: Combined Approaches

Veronique Tran, Ramakrishna Venkatesh, and Jaime Landman

Part III. Incisional Therapy

Antegrade Endopyelotomy

Beng Jit Tan, Assaad El-Hakim, Benjamin R. Lee, and Arthur D. Smith

Retrograde Endopyelotomy

W. Patrick Springhart and Glenn M. Preminger

Percutaneous Endopyeloplasty

David S. Sharp, Mihir M. Desai, Mahesh R. Desai, and Inderbir S. Gill

Endoureterotomy

Khaled S. Hafez and J. Stuart Wolf, Jr.

Treatment of Caliceal Diverticula

Edward D. Matsumoto and Margaret S. Pearle

Part IV. Ablative Therapy

Percutaneous Approach to Upper Urinary Tract Tumors

Ioannis M. Varkarakis and Thomas W. Jarrett

Ureteroscopic Treatment of Upper Tract Neoplasms

Demetrius H. Bagley

Part V. Complications of Endourology

Complications of Percutaneous Approaches, Including Incisions

Brian R. Matlaga, Ojas D. Shah, and Dean G. Assimos

Complications of Ureteroscopic Approaches, Including Incisions

Farjaad M. Siddiq and Raymond J. Leveillee

Part VI. Pediatric Minimally Invasive Surgery

Pediatric Endourology

Christina Kim and Steven G. Docimo

Index