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Main description:
This practical guide is a compendium of contemporary views on the development, treatment, and prevention of urinary stone disease. Emphasis is placed on utilizing current research to highlight areas of potential discovery and inspire novel approaches to easing the burden of urinary stone disease.
Contents:
BACKGROUND
Chapter 1
Stone Nomenclature and History of Instrumentation for Urinary Stone Disease
Chapter 2
Epidemiology and Incidence of Stone Disease
Chapter 3
The Genetics of Stone Disease
Chapter 4
Theories of Stone Formation
Chapter 5
Structure and Compositional Analysis of Kidney Stones
METABOLISM
Chapter 6
Calcium
Chapter 7
Oxalate
Chapter 8
Renal Acid-Base Balance and Renal Tubular Acidosis
Chapter 9
Urinary Stone Inhibitors: Citrate and Magnesium
Chapter 10
Modulators of Crystallization of Stone Salts
Chapter 11
Hormonal Influences on Nephrolithiasis
Chapter 12
Associated Systemic Disease
Chapter 13
Medical Evaluation of Stone Disease
Chapter 14
Pharmacologic Prophylaxis of Calcium Stones
Chapter 15
Diet and Urolithiasis
Chapter 16
Uric Acid Urolithiasis
Chapter 17
Struvite Stones
Chapter 18
Cystine Stone Disease
Chapter 19
Urinary Stones of Unusual Etiology
PRESENTATION AND EVALUATION
Chapter 20
Imaging of Urinary Stone Disease
Chapter 21
Physician Safety
Chapter 22
Treatment of Acute Renal Colic
Chapter 23
Anatomical Considerations in Urinary Stone Disease
TREATMENT
Chapter 24
Conservative Management of Ureteral Calculi
Chapter 25
Ureteral Stents
Chapter 26
Anesthetic Considerations
Chapter 27
Complications of Urinary Stone Surgery
Chapter 28
Shock Wave Lithotripsy - Indications and Outcomes
Chapter 29
Shock Wave Lithotripsy - Technical Aspects
Chapter 30
Ureteroscopy - Indications and Outcomes
Chapter 31
Ureteroscopy - Technical Aspects
Chapter 32
Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy - Indications and Outcomes
Chapter 33
Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy - Technical Aspects
Chapter 34
Open Stone Surgery
Chapter 35
Laparoscopic Approach to Urinary Stone Disease
Chapter 36
Stones of the Urethra, Prostate, Seminal Vesicle, Bladder and Encrusted Foreign Bodies
PRODUCT DETAILS
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Publication date: June, 2007
Pages: 712
Weight: 1675g
Availability: Available
Subcategories: Diseases and Disorders, General, Nephrology, Urology
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