Female Pelvic Surgery: A Comprehensive Guide provides a comprehensive, state-of-the-art surgical review of this field and will serve as a valuable resource for clinicians and surgeons. The text reviews the basic indications for treatment and details the many surgical approaches to the management of all pelvic floor disorders. In addition to step-by-step description in text, the volume provides illustrations/photographs of surgical techniques. Integration of surgical videos demonstrating the major repairs described in each section augment the textbook and serve as the ultimate format for the education of clinicians and surgeons. Female Pelvic Surgery: A Comprehensive Guide provides a concise and comprehensive review of all the surgical approaches to female pelvic surgery and thus it will serve as an extremely useful resource for physicians dealing with and interested in the treatment of pelvic floor disorders.

This volume is a useful handbook for medical doctors involved in the diagnosis and treatment of neuro-urological problems. The first section reviews the relevant neuro-anatomy and neuro-physiology and provides a practical overview of specific neuro-urological pathologic conditions. The second section discusses the various clinical entities that can be encountered and focuses on the neuro-urological consequences. The third section is devoted to the different diagnostic possibilities. Section 4 deals with major clinical problems in this area: urinary (incontinence, retention and voiding dysfunction as well as upper urinary tract problems), anorectal (faecal incontinence and constipation) and sexual (erectile dysfunction and ejaculatory failure) dysfunctions. The final section presents the specific management of patients with neuro-urological problems. Throughout, the text is accompanied by numerous illustrated case reports and discussions as well as tips and tricks.

Qualitatssicherung fur die Diagnostik des Urinsediments! Als ideale Erganzung zum Buch "Das Urinsediment - Mikroskopie, Praanalytik, Auswertung und Befundung" erscheint nun das UEbungsbuch mit 140 Beispielen in Fragen und Antworten. Seit in Krafttreten der neuen Richtlinie der Bundesarztekammer unterliegt die mikroskopische Beurteilung des Urinsediments einer externen Qualitatsuberprufung bzw. Ringversuchen. Als verpflichtende Untersuchung im Rahmen der Schwangerschaftsuntersuchung stellt das Urinsediment und dessen Begutachtung einen wichtigen Teil der Diagnostik dar. Kenntnisse im Befunden des Sediments unter dem Mikroskop werden daher immer wichtiger. Das UEbungsbuch enthalt: ca. 140 Multiple Choice Fragen mit Abbildungen und die dazugehoerigen beschreibenden Antworten in einem separaten Loesungsteil eine Schnellloesungsubersicht zum kurzen Nachschlagen neue hochaufloesende und grosse Mikroskopie-Aufnahmen in bester Bildqualitat Phasenkontrast- und parallel dazu Hellfeldaufnahmen Erklarungen (praktische Tipps) zu den Loesungen und Verweise auf das Lehrbuch "Das Urinsediment" - Moeglichkeiten und Grenzen in der Erkennbarkeit morphologischer Bestandteile Fur alle, die das Urinsediment vorlaufig oder endgultig bewerten und befunden mussen wie Arzthelfer, Medizin-Technische Laborassistenten, Studenten der Medizin, Gynakologen, Nephrologen, Urologen, Labormediziner.

Comprises 16 contributions, leading off with why watchful waiting for prostate cancer is not always appropriate, and continuing with coverage of topics that include: cryoablation for prostate cancer, radical perineal prostatectomy, prognostic factors in low-state nonseminomatous testicular cancer, molecular biology in urology, complications of urol

Sound Advice on Symptoms and Treatment, Newly Revised and Updated Edition

Expert information presented in a clear and accessible style.

Prostate problems eventually trouble more than half of all American males, and cancer of the prostate is the second most common cause of death from cancer among men in this country. This comprehensive book on the prostate for general readers is based on an eminent urologist’s thirty years of clinical experience.

Stephen N. Rous covers healthy prostate function, the diseases—both malignant and nonmalignant—that can affect the prostate, treatment choices for the different conditions, and any expected aftereffects. He addresses frankly and compassionately a frequent fear that patients have: loss of sexual potency.

Rous looks at the latest developments in treatment for prostate problems. He explains surgical and radiation therapy for cancer of the prostate and fully discusses nonsurgical options. For this newly revised and updated edition, he has added the latest information on the tests and treatments for prostate problems.

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