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Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Urology & urogenital medicine
The fastest evolving field in urology is certainly male
reproductive medicine and surgery. Getting sperm and egg together
is beyond what science fiction could have imagined only a few
decades ago. Such remarkable progress created a whole host of
issues including epidemiologic, surgical, medical, and societal.
The authors contributing to this issue were asked to consider their
topics today and a couple of decades into the future. As the
foundations of reproductive genetics and the male endocrine system
undergird all, they are explored in depth. Common conditions such
as infection and inflammation, the ever problematic varicocele, and
ejaculatory dysfunction are thoughtfully reviewed. The key to the
modern management of male infertility, the evaluation and treatment
of azoospermia whether it is due to obstruction or spermatogenic
dysfunction, is discussed in detail. For the practicing urologist,
the nuts and bolts of the infertility office visit, semen analysis
and processing, and contraception are reviewed. With increasing
public interest, nutraceuticals, lifestyle, and the environment's
impact on male reproductive health are examined. And to put male
reproductive dysfunction and its treatment in the broadest context,
male reproductive epidemiology and reproductive health care
delivery are explored. All of these topics are covered by leaders
in male reproductive medical thought and practice.
There is a clear need for a more comprehensive and inclusive body
of information for supplementary and alternate treatment of
urological conditions. To meet this need, our book will compile
evidence-based information for clinicians, healthcare providers,
and patients. As the first comprehensive educational guidebook
focusing on alternative therapies for urological ailments, this
book will be useful for healthcare providers as well as patients
suffering from these conditions (including urinary tract
infections, benign prostatic hyperplasia, kidney stones,
incontinence, and pelvic pain) who are looking for alternative and
supplementary remedies. Many physicians and patients are reluctant
to use these remedies and this book will demystify this area in
urology.
Millions of people suffer in quiet agony, but the right foods and
supplements, along with setting the right mood, can help foster
sexual intimacy and satisfaction. This User's Guide to Complete
Sexual Satisfaction explains the many ways you and your partner can
enhance your sexuality and lead more fulfilling lives.
The second edition of Top Tips in Urology provides highly clinical
tips and rapid-reference "tricks of the trade" to the most common
questions and problems that arise for both the practicing urologist
and the urologic surgeon. Covering each of the major areas of
urology and with contributions for experience practicing urologists
and surgeons, this book is a unique book containing valuable
information for all urologists dealing with patients on a day to
day basis.
The book provides a reference for years to come, written by
world-renowned expert investigators studying sex differences, the
role of sex hormones, the systems biology of sex, and the genetic
contribution of sex chromosomes to metabolic homeostasis and
diseases. In this volume, leaders of the pharmaceutical industry
present their views on sex-specific drug discovery. Many of the
authors presented at the Keystone Symposium on "Sex and gender
factors affecting metabolic homeostasis, diabetes and obesity" to
be held in March 2017 in Lake Tahoe, CA. This book will generate
new knowledge and ideas on the importance of gender biology and
medicine from a molecular standpoint to the population level and to
provide the methods to study them. It is intended to be a catalyst
leading to gender-specific treatments of metabolic diseases. There
are fundamental aspects of metabolic homeostasis that are regulated
differently in males and females, and influence both the
development of diabetes and obesity and the response to
pharmacological intervention. Still, most preclinical researchers
avoid studying female rodents due to the added complexity of
research plans. The consequence is a generation of data that risks
being relevant to only half of the population. This is a timely
moment to publish a book on sex differences in diseases as NIH
leadership has asked scientists to consider sex as a biological
variable in preclinical research, to ensure that women get the same
benefit of medical research as men.
The author presents valuable research material on every conceivable
aspect of the prostate in a cogent and easily accessible narrative.
This book defines exactly what the prostate is and how it is
vulnerable to disease. Contains an excellent glossary of terms, a
list of helpful resources, and an index.
This volume covers classic and modern cell and molecular biology of
prostate cancer, as well as novel biomarkers, inflammation,
centrosome pathologies, microRNAs, cancer initiation novel
biomarkers, inflammation, centrosome pathologies, microRNAs, cancer
initiation and genetics, epigenetics, mitochondrial dysfunctions
and apoptosis, cancer stem cells, angiogenesis and progression to
metastasis, and treatment strategies including clinical trials
related to prostate cancer. Cell & Molecular Biology of
Prostate Cancer is one of two companion books comprehensively
addressing the biology and clinical aspects of prostate cancer.
Prostate Cancer: Molecular & Diagnostic Imaging and Treatment
Stategies, the companion volume, discusses both classic and the
most recent imaging approaches including analysis of needle
biopsies, applications of nanoparticle probes and peptide-based
radiopharmaceuticals for detection, early diagnosis and treatment
of prostate cancer. Taken together, these volumes form one
comprehensive and invaluable contribution to the literature.
Mind Over Bladder is a trusted and informative guidebook for
bladder control, written with respect and humor by a nationally
known urogynecologist, revised and expanded for the 21st century
woman. Urinary Incontinence plagues millions of women worldwide,
vastly more women than men. The reasons for this are many,
including we have children, go through menopause and our anatomy is
pretty different. Since these issues affect approximately 30-40% or
greater of all women, can include issues with prolapsing organs
(bladder, uterus, rectum) and can limit a woman's freedom and
ability to live a full and active life, an actual guidebook seemed
not only necessary but overdue. Mind Over Bladder answers this
need. Informative, respectful and written with humor by a leading
urogynecologist, Mind Over Bladder asks and answers the question of
"What is incontinence and what can I do about it?". This unique
approach begins at the beginning takes women through basic bladder
and pelvic plumbing to getting a diagnosis and formulating a
treatment plan. Mind Over Bladder arms women with information and
practical solutions to help lead better, drier and happier lives.
The second of two companion books which address the biology and
clinical aspects of prostate cancer. This volume, Prostate Cancer:
Molecular & Diagnostic Imaging and Treatment Stategies,
discusses both classic and the most recent imaging approaches for
detection, early diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer. The
companion title, Cell & Molecular Biology of Prostate Cancer,
covers classic and modern cell and molecular biology as well as
genetics, epigenetics, mitochondrial dysfunctions and apoptosis,
cancer stem cells, angiogenesis, progression to metastasis, and
treatment strategies including clinical trials related to prostate
cancer. Taken together, these volumes form one comprehensive and
invaluable contribution to the literature.
This book represents the first interdisciplinary text on the
emerging field of rehabilitative surgery, in which state of the art
procedures from multiple surgical specialties are combined. It
proposes a completely new framework for understanding,
coordinating, and providing treatment for paralyzed or severely
neurologically impaired patients and explains the potentially
critical impact of surgery in creating a new baseline of functional
status, thereby improving the patient's daily life. Every major
aspect of reconstructive surgical treatment is considered,
including anesthesia, orthopedic surgery, plastic surgery,
neurosurgery, general surgery, vascular surgery, and
otolaryngology. The most up-to-date and evidence-based surgeries
are clearly described and evaluated, with coverage of treatment of
pressure sores, placement of feeding tubes, and upper extremity
interventions to improve function and hygiene. Cutting-edge
protocols are presented for the surgical treatment of severe nerve
injuries, spinal cord injuries, and stroke or cerebrovascular
accidents, and a first description and evaluation of phrenic nerve
repair to assist weaning of paralyzed patients from ventilators is
provided. Both surgical and nonsurgical readers will find this book
to be an ideal guide and reference.
Clinical management of bladder cancer is challenging of the
heterogeneity among bladder tumors with respect to invasion and
metastasis, and frequent occurrence of new tumors in the bladder
among patients treated with bladder preservation treatments.
Treatment of bladder cancer spans from tumor resection and
intravesical treatment, to neoadjuvant chemotherapy, radical
surgery and adjuvant chemotherapy. At the same time, bladder cancer
is also at the forefront of biomarker development because of the
ease of developing noninvasive urine tests. The features of
environment-driven carcinogenesis and divergent molecular pathways
in the development of low- and high-grade tumors provide a unique
opportunity for advance molecular research in cancer biology.
Bladder Tumors: Molecular Aspects and Clinical Management is a
collection of comprehensive reviews on the state-of-the art basic
science research and clinical management of bladder cancer. The
book progresses from epidemiology of bladder cancer, molecular
basis of bladder carcinogenesis, to standard and molecular aspects
of bladder cancer diagnosis and prognosis, and also includes
various treatment aspects of both non muscle invasive and muscle
invasive bladder cancer. The book features: * Epidemiology, bladder
carcinogenesis and divergent molecular pathways of bladder cancer
development. * Pathology of bladder tumors, cystoscopy, cytology
and newer techniques of bladder cancer diagnosis. * Molecular
basis, efficacy and economics of diagnostic and prognostic markers
for bladder cancer, with an added feature of recent inventions of
molecular nomongrams. * Clinical management of low-grade and non
muscle invasive bladder tumors. * Intravesical chemotherapy versus
immune (BCG) therapy. * Clinical management of patients with muscle
invasive bladder cancer, including neoadjuvant therapy, various
aspects of cystectomy including urinary diversion and recent
advances such as laproscopic cystectomy * Ad
This book provides current, comprehensive, and clear explanations
of the physics behind medical and biomedical applications of shock
waves. Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy is one of the greatest
medical advances of our time, and its techniques and clinical
devices are continuously evolving. Further research continues to
improve the understanding of calculi fragmentation and
tissue-damaging mechanisms. Shock waves are also used in
orthopedics and traumatology. Possible applications in oncology,
cardiology, dentistry, gene therapy, cell transfection,
transformation of fungi and bacteria, as well as the inactivation
of microorganisms are promising approaches for clinical treatment,
industrial applications and research. Medical and Biomedical
Applications of Shock Waves is useful as a guide for students,
technicians and researchers working in universities and
laboratories. Chemists, biologists, physicians and veterinarians,
involved in research or clinical practice will find useful advice,
but also engineers and physicists may benefit from the overview of
current research endeavors and future directions. Furthermore, it
may also serve to direct manufacturers towards the design of more
efficient and safer clinical, industrial and laboratory equipment.
In this volume, undisputed leading experts from Europe and beyond
come together to cover the field of andrology in its entirety,
providing a guide that will be of value to urologists and other
physicians in their daily clinical practice. It is designed for a
wide audience, including both those coming into contact with
andrological issues for the first time and more experienced readers
requiring updated guidelines and advice on the most controversial
and thorny issues. A wide range of topics is covered, including
male genital abnormalities, disorders of pubertal development,
gender identity disorders, Peyronie's disease, sexual dysfunction,
hypogonadism and infertility, urogenital infections, urogenital
cancers, and andrological emergencies. Clinical Andrology will
prove an invaluable quick consulting tool, rigorous in its
scientific content but at the same time easy to read and rich in
images and tables.
In Essential Urologic Laparoscopy: The Complete Clinical Guide,
Second Edition, editors Sean P. Hedican and Stephen Y. Nakada
provide a complete update of their critically acclaimed first
edition while adding new material related to Hand Assisted
Laparoscopic Radical Cystectomy, Laparoscopic Retroperitoneal Lymph
Node Dissection and Laparoscopic Assisted Renal Ablation. The
authors offer clear, concise chapters focusing on getting started,
laparoscopic instrumentation, and step-by-step procedural adult
laparoscopy. Each chapter is organized so that the reader can
easily identify key points and pitfalls, providing user-friendly
text that describes the essential equipment necessary for
performing urologic laparoscopy. Authorative and highly practical,
Essential Urologic Laparoscopy: The Complete Clinical Guide, Second
Edition provides a comprehensive guide to performing effective and
cutting-edge urologic laparoscopy and is a must have for any
urologist looking to create, maintain, or expand a successful
practice in minimally invasive urologic surgery.
This book systematically reviews and discusses recent studies and
articles on the immunology of female genital tract tissue. The
scope is broad, encompassing innate immune responses, adaptive
(humoral and cell-mediated) immunity, the immunology of
menstruation, the immunology of viral and bacterial infections, the
immunology of normal and abnormal pregnancy, and immunological
infertility. Throughout, tables and illustrations are judiciously
used to facilitate understanding. Immunology of the Female Genital
Tract will serve as an invaluable source of up-to-date information
for all with an interest in this subject.
This book provides a state-of-the-art review of the role of
radiation therapy in various pelvic malignancies as well as the
consequences of the radiation in the pelvic tissues. With sections
covering the role of radiation therapy in the various pelvic
malignancies, the pathophysiology of radiation related injury and
the risk factors that increase the possibility of such an injury,
and the latest in medical, endoscopic and surgical therapies for
these radiation related complications the text offers a concise yet
comprehensive overview of radiation therapy in the human pelvis,
its role and the adverse effects on the pelvic organs. Written by
experts in the field with readers in mind, Radiation Therapy for
Pelvic Malignancy and its Consequences is the first of its kind
standalone reference on the subject. Radiation Therapy for Pelvic
Malignancy and its Consequences is of great value to urologists,
medical radiation and gynecological oncologists, and
gastroenterologists.
The principal role of the diagnostic surgical pathologist is to
serve a patient by assisting the clinician in charge of the
patient's care. In that capacity,the pathologist provides the vital
informationthat should be directly and indirectly useful in guiding
the clinician toward the most appropriate therapy. The material
pathologists receive most commonly is a biopsy or a part of an
organ removed after a definitive pro- dure. To extract useful
information, pathological evaluation proceeds according to a set of
guidelines. Simply reporting a diagnosis of cancer is inadequate.
Detailed additional information is needed so that the clinician can
go on to establish a the- peutic plan as needed. To best serve the
patient, close interaction between the cli- cian and the
pathologist is vital. In the field of urological pathology, there
are problems specific to this system. Typically, in the prostate,
because of its location, there is little room for a surgeon to work
to obtain adequate resection margins, unlike with many other
organs. As a result, questions arise such as "What constitutes an
adequate surgical margin?" "What is the significance of
extraprostatic extension of neoplasm that is still inside the
resection margin?" and "What is the significance of neoplastic
glands found on the resection margin marked with the ink?" It has
been shown that a prostate needle core biopsy can generate much
information that is immediately useful in predicting the extent of
cancer in the prostate and, consequently, the outcome for the
patient.
This volume provides a comprehensive, state-of-the art review in
the field of experimental and human nephrogenesis. The book reviews
new data on the effects on kidney development by neonatal asphyxia,
obstructive uropathies, nephrotoxic drugs, malnutrition,
underfeeding, overfeeding and provides all possible preventive
measures to ensure the well-being of the kidney at birth. The book
also discusses the possible implications between renal development
and the insurgence of kidney disease in adult life and the
correlation with renal carcinogenesis. Written by well recognized
experts in their fields, Kidney Development in Renal Pathology is a
valuable tool for pathologists, neonatologists, nephrologists,
gynecologists and researchers with an interest in kidney diseases.
With the rising incidence of urolithiasis, the management of
ureteral stones continues to become a larger component of urologic
practice. Though almost all urologists deal with ureteral stones,
there have been many recent improvements in instrumentation and
adjunctive equipment as well as improvements in imaging and the
data we can obtain from radiologic imaging in order to guide stone
management. Newer topics such as how to limit radiation exposure to
both the patient and the urologist, the accuracy and limitations of
low-dose computed tomography as well as a review of the most recent
studies will be covered in this book. The purpose of this book is
to provide a complete updated roadmap to treating ureteral stones,
from early management decisions from information found on
radiologic studies to adjusting to intra-operative challenges.
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