BookPasquale Martino, Andrea B. Galosi, editors.
Summary: This book provides the latest recommendations for ultrasound examination of the entire urogenital system, particularly in the male. The coverage encompasses the role of ultrasound in imaging of disorders of the kidneys, urinary tract, prostate, seminal vesicles, bladder, testes, and penis, including male infertility disorders. In addition, detailed consideration is given to intraoperative and interventional ultrasound and recently developed ultrasound techniques. Each chapter defines the purpose of and indications for ultrasound, identifies its benefits and limitations, specifies the technological standards for devices, outlines performance of the investigation, establishes the expected accuracy for differential diagnosis, and indicates the reporting method. Most of the recommendations are based on review of the literature, on previous recommendations, and on the opinions of the experts of the Imaging Working Group of the Italian Society of Urology (SIU) and the Italian Society of Ultrasound in Urology, Andrology, and Nephrology (SIEUN). The book will be of value for all physicians involved in the first-line evaluation of diseases of the renal/urinary system and male genital disorders.
Contents:
The Kidney: Kidney: Ultrasound anatomy and scanning methods
Acute and Chronic Nephropathy
Ischemic Nephropathy
Cystic Disease
Kidney Stones
Renal Masses
Renal Trauma
The Transplanted Kidney
Children's Kidney and Urinary Tract Congenital Anomalies
Normal and Pathological Adrenal Glands
The Use of Intraoperative Ultrasound in Renal Surgery.-Interventional Ultrasound of the Kidney
The Male Pelvis, Ureters and Urethra: Ultrasound Study of the Ureters and Intrarenal Excretory Tract
Functional Ultrasound Study of the Upper Excretory Tract
Ultrasound Study of the Urethra
US-guided Intervention in Urinary Incontinence
Prostate and Seminal Vesicles: Ultrasound Anatomy and Scanning Methods
Inflammation
Prostatic Cysts
Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy
Prostatic Carcinoma
The Seminal Vesicles: Normal and Pathological Pictures
Interventional Ultrasound of the Prostate and Seminal Vesicles
US-Guided Treatment of Prostatic Cancer.-The Bladder and the Pelvic Floor: Ultrasound Anatomy
Neoplastic and Non Neoplastic Disease
Functional Ultrasound
The Scrotum: Ultrasound Anatomy and Scanning Methods
The Testicles: Cystic and Solid Lesions
The Testicles: Trauma, Inflammation, Testicular Torsion
Varicocele
The Role of Intraoperative Ultrasound for Testicular Masses
The Penis: Ultrasound Anatomy and Scanning Methods
Dynamic Penile Echo-Color Doppler in Erectile Dysfunction
Penile Ultrasound in Induratio Penis Plastica (IPP)
Penile Trauma and Priapism
New Technologies: Recent Technological Evolutions and Ultrasound Imaging Techniques
US Contrast Media
New Technologies Applied to MRI or CT: Fusion Techniques.