Full Description
A team of authoritative urologic surgeons reviews the latest advances in urologic prosthetic surgery and the patient management techniques needed to successfully implement them. These highly experienced clinicians fully describe each technique and process, providing proven guidelines for patient evaluation prior to its use, its surgical implantation, and postoperative treatment of the patient. The topics expertly covered range from injectable materials used in a variety of circumstances to artificial urinary sphincters, from urethral stents, penile implants, testicular and penile prostheses, to the newer penile rigidity systems.
Contents
1 History of Urologic Prostheses.- 2 Tissue Engineering for the Replacement of Urologic Organs.- 3 Injectable Agents for Urinary Incontinence.- 4 Injectable Materials for Use in Urology.- 5 Teflon Injection for Incontinence After Radical Prostatectomy.- 6 Urethral Stents for Neurogenic Bladder Dysfunction.- 7 Urolume Stents in the Management of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia.- 8 Testicular Prostheses.- 9 Current Status and Future of Penile Prosthesis Surgery.- 10 Semirigid, Malleable, and Mechanical Penile Prostheses: Survey and State of the Art.- 11 Inflatable Penile Prostheses: The American Medical Systems' Experience.- 12 Experience with the Mentor ?-1.- 13 Peyronie's Disease and Penile Implants.- 14 Current Approach to Penile Prosthesis Infection.- 15 Reoperation for Penile Prosthesis Implantation.- 16 Corporeal Fibrosis: Penile Prosthesis Implantation and Corporeal Reconstruction.- 17 Artificial Urinary Sphincter for Treatment of Male Urinary Incontinence.- 18 Female Incontinence and the Artificial Urinary Sphincter.
