Urology: Lecture Notes

Lecture Notes: Urology is a best–selling conciseintroduction to urology, presenting the essential core knowledgefor medical students and junior doctors. It emphasises clinicalpresentations and diagnostic problem–solving, providing anintegrated approach to understanding the renal system and urinarytract.

This new edition has been fully revised and re–written with anew format, design and artwork, and now includes a section oninterstitial brachytherapy for early prostate cancer andlaparoscopic radical prostatectomy, coverage of imaging andsurgical techniques, and a self–assessment section of MCQs.

It explains all the important aspects of urology in a simple,clearly written and concise way, with a comprehensive overview ofnormal structure and function, and guidance on the specifics ofhistory and examination relevant to this body system. Itsystematically covers the pathology of the diseases which affectnormal function, explaining the principles of treatment andmanagement.

Lecture Notes: Urology will prove invaluable as awell–balanced introduction to urology and a rapid revision guidefor final exams for junior doctors, medical students and alliedhealth professionals.

Reviews of the previous edition

"...this work provides a highly comprehensive and approachableguide to urology."
British Journal of Surgery

"...there is much to recommend in this book for undergraduatesand there is no doubt that it will be widely read by medicalstudents."
British Journal of Urology

"A very comprehensive and detailed account of urology formedical students. Good diagrams, well thought out presentation andstyle and a layout very friendly to the reader."
Cambridge Medicine

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The Renal System at a Glance, Third Edition
O′Callaghan
September 2009
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Nephrology: Clinical Cases Uncovered
Clatworthy
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