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Atlas of the Prostate

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  • © 2003

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Editors:
  1. Reginald C. Bruskewitz

    1. Division of Urology, University of Wisconsin-Madison Medical School, Madison, USA

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  • Hundreds of high quality images in step with the latest developments in medicine
  • World-renowned authors from a variety of medical disciplines
  • Hand-drawn illustrations
  • In-depth explanation for each image

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. The Epidemiology and Pathophysiology of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

    • John D. McConnell
    Pages 1-10

  3. Clinical Evaluation of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Due to Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

    • Christopher E. Kelly, Philippe E. Zimmern
    Pages 11-23

  4. Medical Management of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

    • Timothy D. Moon
    Pages 25-39

  5. Minimally Invasive Therapies for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: Transurethral Microwave Thermotherapy and Needle Ablation

    • Reginald C. Bruskewitz
    Pages 41-59

  6. Laser Prostatectomy

    • John N. Kabalin
    Pages 61-70

  7. Transurethral Resection and Incision of the Prostate, and Open Prostatectomy for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

    • Rolf Muschter
    Pages 71-83

  8. Prostatitis: Definition and Clinical Approaches

    • John N. Krieger
    Pages 85-94

  9. Clinical Aspects of Prostate Cancer

    • Marc S. Ernstoff
    Pages 95-113

  10. Decision Making for Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer

    • Michael W. Kattan, Brian J. Miles
    Pages 115-122

  11. Radical Perineal Prostatectomy

    • Lorne D. Sullivan
    Pages 123-133

  12. Nerve-sparing Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy

    • David F. Jarrard
    Pages 135-147

  13. External Beam Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer

    • Edgar Ben-Josef, Arthur T. Porter
    Pages 149-162

  14. Permanent Seed Interstitial Prostate Brachytherapy

    • Mark A. Ritter
    Pages 163-170

  15. Cryoablation of Prostate Cancer

    • Katsuto Shinohara, Peter R. Carroll
    Pages 171-183

  16. Management of Metastatic Prostate Cancer

    • Maxwell V. Meng
    Pages 185-199

  17. Back Matter

    Pages 201-207
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About this book

generated a plethora of well-controlled randomized trials to This second edition of the Atlas of the Prostate summarizes the current evaluation and treatment of prostatic diseases. Diseases of investigate nearly every facet of management. The individuals who conducted many of these clinical trials, which so precisely the prostate invariably affect men as they age into their sixth decade of life and beyond, and physicians who provide care for inform us as to the efficacy of these treatments, are in many older men invariably devote a greater portion of their clinical instances authors in this Atlas. attention to the prostate. This Atlas conveys important information Prostate cancer management has likewise been an area of inno­ to practicing clinicians using figures, images, tables, and algo­ vation and change in practice patterns. The emergence of rithms in a most artful rendition. The contributors are practicing brachytherapy with seed implantation of the prostate, new strate­ clinicians, and they have produced a clear and concise review of gies for androgen manipulation of advanced prostatic cancer, and prostatic diseases. The format emphasizes figures and tables over further attempts to identify effective chemotherapeutic agents are some of the advances in prostate cancer management seen in the text to accurately and quickly provide the pertinent thoughts regarding prostatic disease management for the busy clinician. past one to two decades.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Division of Urology, University of Wisconsin-Madison Medical School, Madison, USA

    Reginald C. Bruskewitz

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Atlas of the Prostate

  • Editors: Reginald C. Bruskewitz

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-6505-5

  • Publisher: Current Medicine Group London

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Current Medicine, Inc. 2003

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-57340-186-9Due: 01 February 2003

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-6505-5Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: 207

  • Number of Illustrations: 63 b/w illustrations, 782 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Urology

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