BookSutchin R. Patel, Stephen Y. Nakada.
Summary: Providing a complete updated roadmap to treating ureteral stones, Ureteral Stone Management: A Practical Approach presents newer topics focusing of the recent improvements in instrumentation and adjunctive equipments, managing radiation to both patient and urologist, as well as reviews of the most recent studies on urologic practices. Ureteral Stone Management: A Practical Approach assists the reader in a logical and step wise pathway for selecting the best treatment options and how to work through complications. This evidence-based text is valuable to all those working in the field of urology.
Contents:
1. History of Ureteral Stone Management
2. Radiology Imaging for Ureteral Stones
3. Radiation Exposure to the Patient and Urologist
4. Selecting the Appropriate Treatment Modality for Ureteral Calculi
5. Observation and Medical Expulsive Therapy.- 6. Shock Wave Lithotripsy for the Treatment of Ureteral Stones.- 7. Semirigid Ureteroscopy
8. Flexible Ureteroscopy
9. Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy and Antegrade
10. Ureteral Stents
11. Adjunctive Equipment for Ureteral Stone Management
12. Tips and Tricks in the Treatment of Ureteral Stones
13. Difficult Case: The Impacted Ureteral Stone
14. Difficult Case: Ureteral Stricture Distal to a Stone.- 15. Complications in the Treatment of Ureteral Stones- Prevention and Management
16. Future Directions.