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Concise and practical, the Penn Clinical Manual of Urology is an indispensable guide to the daily practice of urology. This one-volume medical reference book presents the key clinical information you need to diagnose and treat urologic disorders quickly and effectively, featuring brief, well-illustrated chapters and an easy-to-read format. Essential for clinical questions and answers, the Penn Clinical Manual of Urology deserves a place on the bookshelf of not only every urologist, but every provider treating urologic problems.

"This is a powerhouse of a textbook ... it punches well above its diminutive size." Reviewed by: Tim Lane, Consultant Urologist, Lister Hospital, March 2015

Find information quickly and easily with a format that includes clearly presented algorithms, tables, and figures.
Effectively review for the boards using the self-assessment questions at the end of each chapter.

Stay abreast of new AUA and ICI Incontinence guidelines, and access up-to-date information on the latest treatment recommendations, therapy for castrate-resistant prostate cancer, and active surveillance for prostate cancer.
Effectively prepare for board examinations and recertification.
Understand and apply evaluation and management techniques for male subfertility and androgen deficiency.

Focus on hot topics in urology, including stress and mixed urinary incontinence; therapy for prolapse; overactive bladder; and renal cell carcinoma.

Review chapters on the major categories of urologic diseases, and integrate radiology, radiation therapy, nephrology, pediatric urology, transplantation surgery, and vascular surgery.
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Contents:

1. Signs and Symptoms: The Initial Examination

2. Diagnostic and Interventional Uroradiology

3. Lower Urinary Tract Infection in Women and Pyelonephritis

4. Prostatitis and Lower Urinary Tract Infection in Men

5. Specific Infections of the Genitourinary Tract

6. Sexually Transmitted Infections

7. Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome

8. Nephrolithiasis

9. Urologic Emergencies

10. Urinary and Genital Trauma

11. Urethral Stricture Disease

12. Urinary Fistula

13. Nocturia

14. Lower Urinary Tract Function and Dysfunction; Urinary Incontinence

15. Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia and Related Entities

16. Adult Genitourinary Cancer: Prostate and Bladder

17. Adult Genitourinary Cancer: Renal, Testicular, and Penile

18. Radiation Therapy

19. Laparoscopic Surgical Anatomy, Laparoscopy, and Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery

20. Male Sexual Dysfunction

21. Male Fertility and Sterility

22. Disorders of the Adrenal Gland

23. Retroperitoneal Tumors and Retroperitoneal Fibrosis

24. Renal Physiology and Pathophysiology

25. Renal Transplantation

26. Renovascular Hypertension

27. Disorders of Sexual Development

28. Pediatric Oncology

29. Pediatric Voiding Function and Dysfunction

30. Congenital Anomalies

31. Geriatric Urology

32. Venous Thromboembolism in Urology Surgery