Springer Ureteroscopy: A Comprehensive Contemporary Guide

This text provides a comprehensive and contemporary discussion of current indications, techniques, technology, and results in ureteroscopy from the world leaders who perform this procedure.  It provides not only the latest literature and data regarding URS but also tips and tricks for the reader when performing various URS procedures.   Historical prospective will link the reader with the past and provide insight as to why we have evolved into a minimally invasive specialty. Technological advancements of both flexible and rigid ureteroscopic procedures are included to provide the reader with many practical considerations when choosing this modality for their patients. Renowned experts in the field discuss the myriad of supplemental devices that accompany URS and how best to utilize them in one’s practice. Unique to this predominantly clinical text, are sections on simulation and the socioeconomics of URS that demonstrate how the student can learn and acquire techniques and skills of their own.  Ureteroscopy: A Comprehensive Contemporary Guide provides its readers with a thorough and complete representation of the current state of URS and its applications and guide those interested in improving their techniques, armamentarium and horizons in this ever-changing world of minimally invasive urology.  Review “The book is clearly directed toward urologists interested in ureteroscopy, including trainees, and may benefit urological ancillary staff as well, including those in the operating room or clinic. … This book is of high quality and offers a nice comprehensive update on ureteroscopy, which most endourologists and their trainees and ancillary staff will much appreciate.” (Scott Gabriel Hubosky, Doody’s Book Reviews, July 24, 2020) From the Back Cover This text provides a comprehensive and contemporary discussion of current indications, techniques, technology, and results in ureteroscopy from the world leaders who perform this procedure. It provides not only the latest literature and data regarding URS but also tips and tricks for the reader when performing various URS procedures.   Historical prospective will link the reader with the past and provide insight as to why we have evolved into a minimally invasive specialty. Technological advancements of both flexible and rigid ureteroscopic procedures are included to provide the reader with many practical considerations when choosing this modality for their patients. Renowned experts in the field discuss the myriad of supplemental devices that accompany URS and how best to utilize them in one’s practice. Unique to this predominantly clinical text, are sections on simulation and the socioeconomics of URS that demonstrate how the student can learn and acquire techniques and skills of their own.  Ureteroscopy: A Comprehensive Contemporary Guide provides its readers with a thorough and complete representation of the current state of URS and its applications and guide those interested in improving their techniques, armamentarium and horizons in this ever-changing world of minimally invasive urology.  About the Author Bradley Schwartz, DO, FACS Professor and Chairman, Urology Director, Endourology and Laparoscopy/Robotics Department of Urology Southern Illinois University  Springfield, Illinois USA   John Denstedt MD, FRCSC, FACS, FCAHS Professor of Urology Department of Surgery Western University London Canada Secretary American Urological Association