Surgical Management of Urolithiasis Percutaneous, Shockwave and Ureteroscopy /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Nakada, Stephen Y. (Editor), Pearle, Margaret S. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Surgery.; Urology.; Medicine & Public Health.; General Surgery.

Written entirely by surgical urologists, Surgical Management of Urolithiasis: Percutaneous, Shockwave and Ureteroscopy presents a comprehensive overview of the past, present, and future of surgical techniques, with a focus on educating urologists on the full spectrum of stone procedures.  In additio...

Table of Contents:

• Prone Percutaneous Access: Case Discussion
• Caliceal Diverticular Calculi
• PCNL: Supine Technique
• Percutaneous Access to the Kidney: Endoscopic
• Percutaneous Stone Removal: Case Discussion on Stones in a Horseshoe Kidney
• Post Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy Drainage
• Complications of Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy
• Ureteroscopic Access:  Sheaths, Balloons, and Wireless Approaches
• Ureteroscopy for Ureteral Stones: Case Discussion of Impacted Stone
• Ureteroscopy for Renal Stones with Case Discussion of Lower Pole Stones
• Ureteroscopy:  Stents and Other Adjuncts
• Complications of Ureteroscopy
• ESWL Principles
• Improving Shockwave Lithotripsy Outcomes
• Complications of Shock Wave Lithotripsy.