Oxford Handbook of Urology (Oxford Medical Handbooks)

The fourth edition of the Oxford Handbook of Urology has been fully updated to reflect the significant advances in medical and surgical opportunities since the previous edition, including pelvic laparoscopic and robotic surgery, new drugs in incontinence and male sexual health, and new laser devices for prostate surgery. Guidelines from the European Association of Urology, the American Association of Urology, and the British Association of Urology, as well as NICE, have all been updated to reflect the best evidence-based clinical practice. Featuring both additional and expanded topics, the new edition is up to date for use in everyday urological clinical practice, and now includes recent urological controversies such as the use of vaginal mesh, to offer the newest guidance to help with doctors' consultations with the patient. The handbook is a comprehensive and concise resource, spanning the whole field of urology in an easily digestible format, including the basics of patient assessment and investigations. Providing bite-sized topics with easily navigable sections and summary diagrams and photographs, it is a key source for quick reference during clinical duties in clinics, theatre, and A&E settings, whilst providing enough information for urology doctors taking the FRCS exam. The authors have a wide range of subspecialist interests, and have welcomed a brand new co-author to ensure coverage of the needs of junior doctors. The Oxford Handbook of Urology is an invaluable resource for junior urology doctors, A&E and general surgery doctors, urology ward and theatre nurses, and medical students. ## Abstract The Oxford Handbook of Urology, fourth edition, is a comprehensive, yet concise, textbook summarizing the background, clinical presentation, investigation, and treatment of a wide spectrum of urological conditions. It is an essential tool for urologists, general surgeons, accident and emergency doctors, general practitioners, nurses, and medical students involved in the care of patients with urological conditions. It covers medical and surgical aspects of kidney, ureteric, bladder, urethral, prostate, and genitoscrotal disorders, and has proven to be an excellent revision guide for urology examinations, including the FRCS. The Oxford Handbook of Urology continues to provide a valuable overview of many different urological subjects, including lower urinary tract symptoms, bladder outlet obstruction, incontinence, haematuria, emergencies, trauma, cancers, infections, children’s disorders, andrology, infertility, problems in pregnancy, neurourology, renal transplant, basic science, and kidney stone disease. For this new edition, national and international guidelines have been comprehensively reviewed and updated, new technologies and techniques included, new topics added, and current urological controversies highlighted in order to keep urological knowledge and practice current and relevant. Cover......Page 1 Series......Page 3 Oxford Handbook of Urology......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 Preface......Page 6 Acknowledgements......Page 7 Contents......Page 8 Symbols and abbreviations......Page 9 1 General principles of management of patients......Page 26 2 Significance and preliminary investigation of urological symptoms and signs......Page 32 3 Urological investigations......Page 62 4 Bladder outlet obstruction......Page 96 5 Urinary incontinence and female urology......Page 154 6 Infections and inflammatory conditions......Page 218 7 Urological neoplasia......Page 277 8 Miscellaneous urological diseases of the kidney......Page 432 9 Stone disease......Page 462 10 Upper tract obstruction, loin pain, hydronephrosis......Page 526 11 Trauma to the urinary tract and other urological emergencies......Page 540 12 Infertility......Page 580 13 Sexual health......Page 606 14 Neuropathic bladder......Page 646 15 Urological problems in pregnancy......Page 682 16 Paediatric urology......Page 694 17 Urological surgery and equipment......Page 756 18 Basic science and renal transplant......Page 852 19 Urological eponyms......Page 872 Index......Page 876 This concise and comprehensive handbook covers all urology curriculum requirements up to and including the FRCS exam, and also provides bite-sized topics for all healthcare professionals working in the field of urology and emergency medicine. Fully updated to cover current guidelines. This reference provides a comprehensive summary of urological disease and its management in a concise form. While the description of urological conditions is comprehensive, the emphasis is on the practical approach to the conditions which are likely to be encountered.