Atlas of Urologic Surgery: Expert Consult - Online and Print

By Frank Hinman, Frank Hinman Jr. MD FACS FAAP FRCS(Eng)(Hon), Joseph A. Smith Jr. MD

This atlas presents comprehensive guidance for performing 187 different urologic procedures. Over 2000 masterful illustrations from the surgeon's vantage point demonstrate every step of each technique with crisp precision. The book covers virtually all operations of the genitourinary tract, adult and paediatric, oncologic and reconstructive, from hypospadias repairs to repair of incisional hernia. The author is an internationally recognised urologist and researcher who has performed and taught urologic surgery for more than 40 years. Each operation has been reviewed by one of the 187 distinguished international urologists and surgeons, whose commentaries on their respective procedures provide valuable advice and warnings.
"Sure to become a classic."
--Mayo Clinic Proceedings, review of last edition
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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0721664040
• ISBN13: 9780721664040
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Saunders
• Length: 1172 Pages
• Weight: 9.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 12.5" x 2.0" x 9.5"