Surgical Strategies in Endourology for Stone Disease

This book provides a practical guide to surgical endourology. Evidence-based chapters give expert opinion on complex cases, best practice techniques, and treating complications. The book covers a broad range of topics required within urological treatment including basic science, imaging in endourology, the use of technological devices, therapeutics for endourology, the treatment of high risk patients, stone disease management, pelvic kidneys, and dialysis.

1. Basic Science for Endourology.- 2. Therapeutics for Endourology.- 3. Metabolic stone disease and management.- 4. Complications in Metabolic stone disease and management.- 5. Technology- Imaging in EndoUrology- CT.- 6. Management of the high risk patient in endourology.- 7. High risk patient cases and Complications.- 8. Imaging in EndoUrology- US.- 9. Imaging in EndoUrology- Retrograde studies.- 10. Cases and Complications seen on Retrograde studies.- 11. Imaging in Endourology- MRI.- 12. Technology and indications- ESWL.- 13. Cases and Complications with ESWL.- 14. Technology- Lasers.- 15. Cases and Complications with Lasers.- 16. Technology- Lithoclast.- 17. Cases and Complications with Lithoclast.- 18. Technology- Which type of wire and basket?.- 19.Cases and Complications with wires and baskets.- 20. Stents, Nephrostomies and Nephroureteral catheters.- 21. Cases and Complications- Stents and nephrostomies.- 22. Rigid Ureteroscopy- Tips and Tricks.- 23. Cases and Complications- Rigid Ureteroscopy.- 24. PCNL- Supine, Prone, Endoscopic Combined.- 25. Technique- The PCNL Tract.- 26. Cases and Complications in Standard PCNL.- 27. Technique- Mini, Super mini and Ultra Mini PCNL.- 28. Cases and Complications in minimally invasive PCNL.- 29. The Pelvic Kidney and Stone Disease Management.- 30. Cases and complications in pelvic kidneys.- 31. Types of Dialysis.- 32. The Dialysis Patient and stone disease.- 33. Cases and Complications with Dialysis Patients.