Urinary Stones (PDF)

Acute urinary stones cause one of the most painful sensations
the human body can experience, more painful than childbirth, broken
bones, gunshot wounds or burns. Master your patient management with
this comprehensive guide to a debilitating medical condition.

Urinary Stones: Medical and Surgical Management provides
urologists, nephrologists and surgeons with a practical, accessible
guide to the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of urinary stone
disease.

Divided into 2 parts - covering both medical and surgical
management - leading experts discuss the key issues and examine how
to deliver best practice in the clinical care of your patients.

Topics covered include:

* Evaluation and management of stones in children

* Renal colic and medical expulsive therapy

* Imaging in stone disease: sonography, contrast based
fluoroscopy, computed tomography and magnetic resonance
urography

* Multimodality therapy: mixing and matching techniques to
improve outcome

* Complications of stone disease

* Interpretation of 24 hour urine chemistry

* Prevention of recurrent calcium, uric acid, struvite and
cystine stones

* The different surgical techniques, including: ureteroscopy,
shockwave lithotripsy, ureteroscopic lithotripsy and percutaneous
nephrostolithotomy

Packed with high-quality figures, key points, and management
algorithms, easy to follow, clear clinical guidance is supported by
the very latest in management guidelines from the AUA and EAU.

Brought to you by the best, this is the perfect consultation
tool when on the wards or in the office.