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Rodney Appell, and a host of respected clinical experts comprehensively summarize the state-of-the-art in the diagnosis and treatment of both neurogenic and nonneurogenic urinary problems in males and females alike. Tailored for use by today's busy practicing urologists, as well as frontline physicians, this book provides the essential physiological background for classifying voiding dysfunctions, surveys the practical diagnostics for these dysfunctions, and reviews the available treatments, including pharmacologic therapy, electrical stimulation, and surgery. Informative, practical, and clinically relevant, Voiding Dysfunction: Diagnosis and Treatment brings to every physician's treatment room a first-class compendium of the latest scientific facts, the best methods of diagnosis, and the most appropriate and effective treatments for these disturbingly widespread disorders.
List of contents
Part I. Introduction. Pathophysiology and Classification of Voiding Dysfunction, Alan J. Wein and Eric S. Rovner. Voiding Dysfunction: Diagnostic Evaluation, Victor W. Nitti and Michael Ficazzola. Part II. Neurogenic Vesico-Urethral Dysfunction. Cerebrovascular Accidents, Serge Peter Marinkovic and Gopal H.Badlani. Multiple Sclerosis, Jerry G. Blaivas. Diagnosis and Treatment of Spinal Cord Injuries and Myeloneuropathies, Steven W. Sukin and Timothy B. Boone. Diabetic Bladder Dysfunction, Howard B. Goldman and Rodney A. Appell. Lumbar Disc Disease, Howard B. Goldman and Rodney A. Appell. Part III. Female Voiding Dysfunction. Treatment of Stress Urinary Incontinence, Raymond Rackley. Urinary Retention in Women, Roger R. Dmochowski. Part IV. Male Voiding Dysfunction. Bladder Outlet Obstruction in Males, Edward F. Ikeguchi, Alexis E. Te, James Choi, and Steven A. Kaplan. Post-Prostatectomy Incontinence, Harriette M. Scarpero and J. Christian Winters. Part V. Treatment Modalities. Clinical Pharmacology, Scott R. Serels and Rodney A. Appell. Treatment of Detrusor Instability with Electrical Stimulation, Steven W. Siegel. Treatment of Detrusor Instability with Augmentation Cystoplasty, Joseph M. Khoury. Index.
Summary
Rodney Appell, and a host of respected clinical experts comprehensively summarize the state-of-the-art in the diagnosis and treatment of both neurogenic and nonneurogenic urinary problems in males and females alike.
