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Record Nr.

UNINA9910300189003321

Titolo

Ureteral Stone Management : A Practical Approach / / edited by Sutchin R. Patel, Stephen Y. Nakada

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015

ISBN

3-319-08792-4

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Disciplina

610

616.0757

616.6

Soggetti

Urology

Radiology

Interventional radiology 

Imaging / Radiology

Interventional Radiology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. History of Ureteral Stone Management -- 2. Radiology Imaging for Ureteral Stones -- 3. Radiation Exposure to the Patient and Urologist -- 4. Selecting the Appropriate Treatment Modality for Ureteral Calculi -- 5. Observation and Medical Expulsive Therapy.- 6. Shock Wave Lithotripsy for the Treatment of Ureteral Stones.- 7. Semirigid Ureteroscopy -- 8. Flexible Ureteroscopy -- 9. Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy and Antegrade -- 10. Ureteral Stents -- 11. Adjunctive Equipment for Ureteral Stone Management -- 12. Tips and Tricks in the Treatment of Ureteral Stones -- 13. Difficult Case: The Impacted Ureteral Stone -- 14. Difficult Case: Ureteral Stricture Distal to a Stone.- 15. Complications in the Treatment of Ureteral Stones- Prevention and Management -- 16. Future Directions.

Sommario/riassunto

Providing a complete updated roadmap to treating ureteral stones, Ureteral Stone Management: A Practical Approach presents newer topics focusing of the recent improvements in instrumentation and



adjunctive equipments, managing radiation to both patient and urologist, as well as reviews of the most recent studies on urologic practices.   Ureteral Stone Management: A Practical Approach assists the reader in a logical and step wise pathway for selecting the best treatment options and how to work through complications. This evidence-based text is valuable to all those working in the field of urology.