Author: Frank Hinman
Publisher: Saunders
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780721664040
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The newest edition of this comprehensive, step-by-step atlas of open urologic operations. Features updated illustrations and text depicting procedures, indications, contraindications, instruments, alternative techniques, positioning, and special clinical considerations. Coverage includes surgery of the adrenal, kidney, ureter, bladder, prostate, urethra, penis, and scrotal contents. Details what needs to be done before each procedure, what instruments are needed, how to position the patient, where to make the incision, how to perform the procedure, what complications to watch for and how to manage them, and what warnings, precautions, and hazards should be taken into consideration. Anatomical studies are included, where appropriate. Covers important ancillary procedures such as vascular operations, bowel surgery for augmentation and substitution, and properitoneal inguinal herniorrhaphy, splenectomy and splenorrhaphy. Includes useful information on the use of sutures, staples and stents, nerve block techniques, drainage, plastic surgery techniuqes, including microsurgery, and para-urologic operations such as properitoneal inguinal hernorrhaphy, loop ileostomy, and repair of vascular and bowel injuries. Reviews important fundamental issues such as informed consent and protection from the acquisition of viral diseases. Features comprehensive revisions throughout for absolute currency...completely new commentators and commentaries...with approximately 300 new illustrations. New coverage of: laparoscopy, vesical augmentation and substitution, cadaver kidney retrieval, penile revascularization, female reconstruction, urethral strictures, radical procedures, continence operations, and many other cutting-edge techniques.
