Basic Urological Sciences

A working knowledge of the basic sciences that underpin mechanisms of disease and the body’s response is widely recognised to be a critical part of urological training. This book is aimed at trainees to ensure they are up to date with this breadth of knowledge and it provides succinct summaries which are ideal for revising  the basic sciences component of final assessments and examinations. The chapters cover anatomy and physiology, the basic principles of immunology and oncology and particular diseases. It is a compendium of "need to know" facts and is aimed at both FRCS (Urol) candidates and a wider gloabl surgical audience looking for an up to date summary.

Table of Contents
Section 1: Basic Mechanisms

1. Cellular and Immunobiology

Masood Moghul, Sarah McClelland & Prabhakar Rajan

2. Genetics

Karl H. Pang and Saiful Miah

3. Oncogenesis and Metastasis

Elizabeth Day & Professor Hing Leung

4. Microbiology

Roger Bayston and Katherine Belfield

5. Transplantation

Jonathon Olsburgh and Rhana H. Zakri

6. Haemostasis and Thrombosis

Karl H. Pang and Michael Laffan

7. Systemic Response to Surgery and Shock

Nadir I. Osman

Section 2: Embryology, Anatomy and Physiology

8. Embryology, Anatomy and Physiology of the Kidneys and Ureters

Paul Sturch, Sanjeev Madaan, Seshadri Sriprasad

9. Embryology, Anatomy and Physiology of the Adrenal Glands

Karl Pang and Fausto Palazzo

10. Embryology, Anatomy and Physiology of the Bladder

Allan Johnston, Tarik Amer, Omar Aboumarzouk and Hashim Hashim

11. Embryology, Anatomy and Physiology of the Prostate

Joseph Tam and Hashim Ahmed

12. Embryology, Anatomy and Physiology of the Male Reproductive System

Maria Satchi and Asif Muneer

13. Anatomical and Physiological changes in Pregnancy

Joanna Shepherd and Stephen Radley

Section 3: Benign Pathology

14. Pain

Karl H. Pang and Sam H. Ahmedzai

15. Acute Kidney Injury and Chronic Kidney Disease

Lynne Sykes, Ibrahim Ali and Philip A. Kalra

16. Inflammation and Infection

Judith Hall and Christopher K. Harding

17. Urolithiasis

Jade Harrison and Ken Anson

18. Upper Urinary Tract Obstruction

Sanjeev Pathak

19. Non-neurogenic Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction

Nadir I Osman

20. Neurogenic Lower Urinary Tract and Sexual Dysfunction

Karl H. Pang, Nadir I. Osman and Altaf Mangera

21. Penoscrotal Pathology

Karl H. Pang and Majid Shabbir

22. Male Sexual Dysfunction and Male Factor Infertility

Ian Eardley

Section 4: Malignant Pathology

23. Renal Cancer

Sabrina H. Rossi and Grant D. Stewart

24. Urothelial Cancer

Ibrahim Jubber, Karl H. Pang and James W.F. Catto

25. Prostate Cancer

Karl H. Pang and James W.F. Catto

26. Testicular Cancer

Selma Masic, Abhishek Srivastava and Alexander Kutikov

27. Penile Cancer

Eleni Anastasiadis and Nicholas A. Watkin

Section 5: Therapeutics

28. Reconstruction

Nadir I. Osman, Karl H. Pang and Christopher R. Chapple

29. Pharmacology of the Lower Urinary Tract

Pedro Abreu-Mendes, João Silva and Francisco Cruz

30. Pharmacology of Male Sexual Function

Andrei Kozan, Weida Lau and Oliver Kayes

31. Antimicrobial Agents

Thomas Webb, Karl H. Pang and Ased Ali

32. Blood Products and Antithrombotic Agents

Karl H. Pang and Michael Laffan

33. Urological Cancer Agents

Bernadett Szabados and Thomas Powles

34. Radiation Therapy and Brachytherapy

Sophia C. Kamran and Jason A. Efstathiou

Karl H. Pang MBChB, BSc, MSc, PhD, MRCS
Academic Urology Unit, University of Sheffield
Nadir I. Osman MBChB (Hons), PhD, FRCS(Urol)
Department of Urology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield
Consultant in Urological Surgery
Professor James WF. Catto MBChB, PhD, FRCS(Urol)
Academic Urology Unit, University of Sheffield
Professor of Urological Surgery and Honorary Consultant Urological Surgeon in pelvic oncology. Editor-in-chief European Urology JournalProfessor Christopher R. Chapple BSc, MBBS, MD, FRCS(Urol), FEBU
Department of Urology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield
Honorary Professor, University of Sheffield and Consultant Urological Surgeon in Reconstruction. European Urology Association Secretary General