Two Volumes: BASIC PRINCIPLES: Optics of Flexible and Rigid Endoscopes: Physical Principles. Care and Sterilization of Instruments. How to Protect Yourself and Others from Radiation. Video Imaging and Documentation. Intracorporeal Lithotriptors. Lasers. Monopolar and Bipolar Electrosurgery and Associated Problems. Sedoanalgesia: an Adjunct to Modern Endourology. Informed Consent and Related Legal Issues in Laparoscopic Surgery. Patient Instructions and Nursing Care. Equipment, Instrumentation, And Operating Room Setup: Role of the Urology Nursing Team PERCUTANEOUS SURGERY: Surgical Anatomy of the Kidney. Assessment of Function in Kidney Obstruction. Percutaneous Access. Retrograde Access. Dilation and Maintenance of the Nephrostomy Tract. Nephroscopy. Stone Extraction. Treatment of Ureteral Stones. Chemolysis of Urinary Calculi. Complications of Stone Removal. Treatment of Ureteropelvic Junction Obstruction. Treatment of Caliceal Diverticula and Infundibular Stenosis. Treatment of Renal Cysts. Treatment of Upper Urinary Tract Transitional Cell Carcinoma URETEROSCOPY: Ureteroscopes and Working Instruments. Rigid Ureteroscopes. Flexible Ureteroscopes. Working Instruments. Ureteral Anatomy. Indications for Surgical Intervention. Ureteral Dilation: Indications and Techniques. Access to the Difficult Ureter. Techniques in Rigid Ureteroscopy. Flexible Fiberoptic Ureteropyeloscopy. Treatment of Ureteral Stones. Diagnostic Ureteroscopy. Treatment of Upper Urinary Tract Neoplasms. Ureteral Surgery. Retrograde Endopyelotomy for Ureteropelvic Junction Obstruction. Incisional Treatment of Ureteral Strictures. Postoperative Care. Complications EXTRACORPOREAL SHOCK WAVE LITHOTRIPSY: Shock Wave Physics of Lithotriptors. Lithotripsy Systems. Treatment of Renal Calculi. Treatment of Ureteral Calculi. Nonurologic Applications. Focused Ultrasound. Complications BASIC and PROCEDURAL LAPAROSCOPY: Basic Laparoscopy: Patient Prepara Tion and Operating Room Setup. Instrumentation. Anesthetic Considerations. Physiologic Effects of
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