Oxford Textbook of Urological Surgery

Offering a comprehensive guide, the Oxford Textbook of Urological Surgery is a practical resource mapped to the curriculum for urological training as approved by the General Medical Council (GMC), making it particularly useful in preparation for the Intercollegiate Examination.

Presented in a clear and accessible way, this evidence based volume covers all major areas, including functional urology, stone disease, infection, andrology, nephrology, transplantation, uroradiology, and paediatric urology.

This highly illustrated full colour textbook has an innovative and user-friendly style, including over 500 photographs, clinical images, and line drawings. Bringing together the expertise of over 100 specialist contributors in the field, the Oxford Textbook of Urological Surgery is a highly valuable source of information, and will become the standard reference text for all who study urological disease and its treatment.

List of contents

• Section 1


• 1.1: Ased Ali: Pathogenesis of urinary tract infection


• 1.2: Kathy Walton, Sally Ager: Antimicrobial agents


• 1.3: Roger Bayston: Hospital acquired urinary tract infection


• 1.4: Bjorn Wullt, Magnus Grabe: Cystitis/pyelonephritis


• 1.5: Alice Hartley, Toby Page: Renal and retroperitoneal abscess


• 1.6: Christiaan F. Heyns: Tuberculosis and parasitic infestations involving the urogenital system


• 1.7: Florian M.E. Wagenlehner, Adrian Pilatz, Th. Bschleipfer, Thomas Diemer, Wolfgang Weidner: Inflammation: Prostatitis syndrome


• 1.8: Mary Garthwaite: Inflammation: Epididymitis and scrotal abscess


• 1.9: Francesco Greco, Paolo Fornara: Fournier's


• 1.1: Emma J. McCarty, Wallace Dinsmore: Sexually transmitted diseases


• 1.11: Magnus Fall: Painful bladder syndrome/Interstitial cystitis


• Section 2


• 2.1: Benjamin W. Turney, John Reynard: Epidemiology of stone disease


• 2.2: Benjamin W. Turney, John Reynard: Kidney stones: types and predisposing factorsa


• 2.3: Glenn Preminger, Muhammad Waqas Iqbal, Michael Lipkin: Evaluation of stone former


• 2.4: Benjamin W. Turney, John Reynard: Prevention of calcium oxalate stone formation


• 2.5: Muhammad Waqas Iqbal, Glenn Preminger, Michael Lipkin: Prevention of other non-calcium stones


• 2.6: Andreas Neisius, Glenn Preminger, Michael Lipkin: Stone fragmentation techniques: Extracorporal shock wave lithotripsy


• 2.7: Gastón M. Astroza, Glenn Preminger, Michael Lipkin: Intracorporeal techniques of stone fragmentation


• 2.8: Benjamin W. Turney, John Reynard: Kidney stones: presentation and diagnosis


• 2.9: Benjamin W. Turney, John Reynard: Watchful waiting for stone disease


• 2.10: Glenn Preminger, Gastón M. Astroza, Michael Lipkin: Retrograde intrarenal surgery: Flexible ureterorenoscopy


• 2.11: Andreas Neisius, Glenn Preminger, Michael Lipkin: Kidney stone treatment: Percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL)


• 2.12: Glenn Preminger, Gastón M. Astroza, Michael Lipkin: Open stone surgery for kidney stones


• 2.13: Benjamin W. Turney, John Reynard: Medical therapy (dissolution therapy)


• 2.14: Benjamin W. Turney, John Reynard: Ureteric stones: Presentation and diagnosis


• 2.15: Samarpit Rai, Zachariah G. Goldsmith, Glenn Preminger, Michael Lipkin: Ureteric stones: Acute management


• 2.16: Charles D. Scales: Ureteral stones: Indications for intervention


• 2.17: Zachariah G. Goldsmith, Glenn Preminger, Michael Lipkin: Surgical treatment options for ureteric stones: Techniques and complications


• 2.18: Benjamin W. Turney, John Reynard: Management of ureteric stones in pregnancy


• 2.19: Benjamin W. Turney, John Reynard: Bladder stones


• 2.2: Mark Sullivan, John Henderson, Inderbir Gill: Upper urinary tract obstruction


• 2.21: Stephen Keoghane, Mark Sullivan: The principles of endourology


• 2.22: Mark Sullivan, Nilay Patel, Inderbir Gill: Principles of laparoscopic and robotic urological surgery


• Section 3

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About the author

Professor Freddie Hamdy is Nuffield Professor of Surgery and Head of the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford, and Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for his services to Surgical and Cancer Sciences.

Mr Ian Eardley trained in Urology in London, Cambridge and Norwich and has been a Consultant in Urology at St James University Hospital, Leeds since 1993. Mr Eardley has written or co-authored seven urological textbooks and published over 200 chapters and scientific papers. He was Treasurer, then President of the European Society for Sexual Medicine, and is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Sexual Medicine.
His research interests relate to sexual dysfunction, penile cancer and urinary tract infection. He was the Director of the Office of Education for the British Association of Urologists between 2002 and 2006, Chairman of the Specialty Advisory Committee in Urology between 2007 and 2009 and Surgical Director of the Intercollegiate Surgical Curriculum Programme between 2009 and 2011. Mr Eardley is the current Chairman of the Joint Committee for Surgical Training.

Summary

A comprehensive textbook mapped to the curriculum for urological training as approved by the General Medical Council. This core text will be essential reading for both the trainee and specialist in urology in the UK and abroad.

Report

More than 150 worldwide experts have contributed to this work which aims to provide the reader with an exhaustive survey of urology.[...] With [The Oxford Textbook of Urological Surgery] the authors achieved their objective, since they assembled an amount of practical information useful for trainees and certified urologists. Professor Paul Meria, European Urology Today

Product details

• Authors: Freddie (Nuffield Professor of Surgery Hamdy
• Assisted by: Ian Eardley (Editor), Eardley Ian (Editor), Freddie C. Hamdy (Editor), Hamdy Freddie (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.10.2017
• EAN: 9780199659579
• ISBN: 978-0-19-965957-9
• No. of pages: 1200
• Series: Oxford Textbooks in Surgery
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; NON-CLASSIFIABLE, Surgery, MEDICAL / Urology, MEDICAL / Surgery / General, Urology & urogenital medicine, Urology and urogenital medicine