Smith A.D., Badlani G. Smith's Textbook of Endourology

Wiley-Blackwell, 2012. — 1794 p. — ISBN 9781444335545.Written by a world-renowned editor team, Smith’s Textbook of Endourology, 3rd Edition, is a comprehensive guide covering the latest techniques and technologies in endourology in detail. Offering a step-by-step approach to complex endourologic procedures the authors take you through methods of access, operative techniques, instrument selection and function, complications, and postoperative care. Now in full color, the third edition contains 800 extra pages, culminating in an 1800 p., two volume textbook with extended and fully comprehensive coverage of urological anatomy, robotics, and the latest in laprascopic techniques. A supplemental DVD includes over 100 high-class videos allowing you to see endourology in action. Smith’s Textbook of Endourology, 3E, is an essential resource for all urologists.
Edited by the father of endourology, Arthur Smith, Smith's Textbook of Endourology is the definitive reference book in the field, addressing every aspect of endourologic procedure including methods of access, operative techniques, complications, and postoperative care.The reader is taken on a step-by-step journey through percutaneous surgery, ureteroscopy, extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy, laparoscopy, and lower urinary tract procedures, and is given a comprehensive look at the influx of and dynamic changes in robotic and laparascopic procedures, and image-guided technologies. The principles and function of state-of-the-art endourologic instruments are outlined for each procedure.
Now in full-color, the third edition contains 800 extra pages, culminating in an 1800 p., two-volume textbook reflecting the most current advances in endourology. A supplemental DVD includes over 100 high-quality surgical videos allowing you to see endourology in practice.Overall, this book is a valuable guide. It is well referenced and serves as a fundamental as well as a very up-to-date resource on minimally invasive urology.Basic Principles
Percutaneous Renal Surgery
Preoperative Considerations
Patient Positioning for Percutaneous Access
Imaging for Access
Stone Removal
Other Uses of Nephrostomy Access
Ureteroscopy
General Principles
Ureteroscopic Management of Ureteral Obstruction
Shock-Wave Lithotripsy
Stone Management In Urology
General Principles
Management of Stones in Abnormal Situations
Cost-Effectiveness and Long-Term Stenting
Index to Volumes I and IILaparoscopy And Robotic Surgery
General Principles
Instrumentation and Access
Laparoscopy and Robotics in Adults
Laparoscopy and Robotics in Children
Exit Strategy and Complications
LESS and NOTES
Image-Guided Diagnostics And Therapeutics
Upper Tract
Lower Tract
Angioembolization of the Urinary Tract
Lower Urinary Tract
Assessment of Voiding Dysfunction/Prostate
Office/Ambulatory Set-up for Minimally Invasive Treatment of the Prostate
Office-Based Treatment for the Prostate
Day Operative Procedures for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
Ablation of the Prostate
Intra- and Trans-vesical Procedures
Endoscopic and Minimally Invasive Approach to Strictures
Incontinence
Index to Volumes I and II