Urology (Lecture Notes)

Urology Lecture Notes contains all the essential knowledge for medical students, junior doctors and early-stage trainees involved in urology placements or urological surgery. With a strong emphasis on clinical presentation, procedures and surgery, it provides an accessible, conversational guide to all the situations likely to be encountered on the wards. Key features include: • Extensive illustration to clearly demonstrate relevant procedures, conditions, and physiology • Important information flagged up in key points • Self-assessment MCQs to test and help consolidate knowledge Whether you are preparing for your first urology rotation or looking for a quick reference to all aspects of the system, Urology Lecture Notes provides key support to all students, junior doctors and trainees involved in this specialty. Intro -- Title Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Part 1: Meet the patient -- 1 Assessment of the urological patient -- History -- Overactive bladder syndrome -- Examination -- 2 Assessment of the urological patient -- Urinalysis -- Imaging the urinary tract -- Part 2: The kidneys and adrenal gland -- 3 The kidney -- Embryology -- Congenital errors -- 4 Kidney trauma -- Penetrating injuries -- Closed injuries -- 5 Kidney infections and inflammation -- Uncomplicated infections -- Complicated infections -- Ascending infection -- Blood-borne infection -- End result of urinary infection -- Complicated renal infections -- Clinical sequelae of renal infections -- Chronic upper urinary tract infections and inflammation -- Granulomatous disease -- 6 Urinary tract calculi -- Epidemiology -- Pathophysiology -- Crystal aggregation and stone growth -- Stone-specific factors -- Evaluation of the stone former -- Treatment of urinary tract calculi -- Prevention of recurrent urinary stones -- 7 Kidney neoplasms -- Surgical anatomy and renal surgery -- Surgical approaches to the kidney -- Complications after renal surgery -- Wilms' tumour (nephroblastoma) -- Renal cell cancer (hypernephroma) -- Management of metastatic disease: Systemic therapy -- Other renal tumours -- 8 The renal pelvis and ureter -- Anatomy -- Peristalsis -- Inflammation of the ureter -- Vesicoureteric reflux -- Ureteric obstruction -- Ureteric injury -- Carcinoma of the ureter -- 9 The adrenal gland -- Surgical anatomy and physiology -- Physiology and disorders of the adrenal cortex -- Adrenal tumours -- Part 3: The bladder and urethra -- 10 The bladder -- Structure -- Bladder function -- Bladder investigations -- Urethral pressure profile -- 11 Bladder infections and inflammation -- Lower urinary tract infection -- Simple cystitis -- Chronic cystitis "Urology Lecture Notes contains all the essential knowledge for medical students, junior doctors and early-stage trainees involved in urology placements or urological surgery"--Provided by publisher