Urologic Prostheses: The Complete Practical Guide to Devices, Their Implantation, and Patient Follow Up (Current Clinical Urology)

Today, implanted artificial prosthetic devices as substitutes for damaged or poorly functioning tissue structures are no longer uncommon when treating a variety of urologic problems and disorders. In Urologic Prostheses: The Complete Practical Guide to Devices, Their Implantation, and Patient Follow Up, a team of authoritative urologic surgeons reviews the latest advances in urologic prosthetic surgery and the patient management techniques needed to successfully implement them. These highly experienced clinicians fully describe each technique and process, providing proven guidelines for patient evaluation prior to its use, its surgical implantation, and postoperative treatment of the patient. The topics expertly covered range from injectable materials used in a variety of circumstances to artificial urinary sphincters, from urethral stents, penile implants, and testicular and penile prostheses, to the newer penile rigidity systems. Comprehensive and authoritative, Urologic Prostheses: The Complete Practical Guide to Devices, Their Implantation, and Patient Follow Up offers both new and experienced practitioners of urologic prosthetic surgery a clear, concise, and practice-oriented survey of all the therapeutic options now available, as well as a guide to today's standard-of-care treatments for these patients. Front Matter....Pages i-xii History of Urologic Prostheses....Pages 1-7 Tissue Engineering for the Replacement of Urologic Organs....Pages 9-27 Injectable Agents for Urinary Incontinence....Pages 29-42 Injectable Materials for Use in Urology....Pages 43-87 Teflon Injection for Incontinence After Radical Prostatectomy....Pages 89-100 Urethral Stents for Neurogenic Bladder Dysfunction....Pages 101-115 Urolume Stents in the Management of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia....Pages 117-140 Testicular Prostheses....Pages 141-154 Current Status and Future of Penile Prosthesis Surgery....Pages 155-170 Semirigid, Malleable, and Mechanical Penile Prostheses....Pages 171-178 Inflatable Penile Prostheses....Pages 179-190 Experience with the Mentor α-1....Pages 191-199 Peyronie’s Disease and Penile Implants....Pages 201-218 Current Approach to Penile Prosthesis Infection....Pages 219-229 Reoperation for Penile Prosthesis Implantation....Pages 231-247 Corporeal Fibrosis....Pages 249-261 Artificial Urinary Sphincter for Treatment of Male Urinary Incontinence....Pages 263-284 Female Incontinence and the Artificial Urinary Sphincter....Pages 285-300 Back Matter....Pages 301-309