Urology Lecture Notes contains all the essential knowledge for medical students, junior doctors and early–stage trainees involved in urology placements or urological surgery. With a strong emphasis on clinical presentation, procedures and surgery, it provides an accessible, conversational guide to all the situations likely to be encountered on the wards.
Key features include:
Extensive illustration to clearly demonstrate relevant procedures, conditions, and physiology
Important information flagged up in key points
Self–assessment MCQs to test and help consolidate knowledge
Whether you are preparing for your first urology rotation or looking for a quick reference to all aspects of the system, Urology Lecture Notes provides key support to all students, junior doctors and trainees involved in this specialty.
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Part 1: Meet the patient
1 Assessment of the urological patient
2 Investigations
Part 2: The kidneys and adrenal gland
3 The kidney: embryology, structure and developmental errors
4 Kidney trauma
5 Kidney infections and inflammation
6 Urinary calculi
7 Kidney neoplasms
8 The renal pelvis and ureter
9 The adrenal gland
Part 3: The bladder and urethra
10 The bladder: basics
11 Bladder inflammation
12 Disorders of micturition
13 Bladder cancer
Part 4: The prostate gland
14 Benign disorders of the prostate gland
15 Prostate cancer
Part 5: Male genitalia
16 The urethra
17 The penis
18 The testes
19 Male infertility
Part 6: Additional therapeutic modalities
20 Radiotherapy
21 Adjuvant Intravesical therapy in superficial bladder cancer
22 Minimally invasive urology
Appendix 1: ECOG Performance Status
Appendix 2: TNM Classification of Malignant Tumours
Appendix 3: Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumours (RECIST)
Appendix 4: The Clavien–Dindo Classification of Surgical Complications
Appendix 5: Adverse effects of cancer treatment
Appendix 6: Urinary Catheters
Appendix 7: Evidence–based Medicine
Self–assessment questions
Answers
Index
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