Release Date: 15 June, 2002
Hardcover
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From Book News, Inc.
<:st>The seventh edition (1998) is cited in Brandon-Hill as an initial purchase and appears on the minimal core list. The eighth edition has expanded from three to four volumes, with complete revision of all earlier material. Among the new additions are chapters on immunology, urinary incontinence, female sexual function and dysfunction, anomalies and surgery of the ureteropelvic junction in children, pediatric endourology and laparoscopy, urinary tract reconstruction in children, ureteroscopy and retrograde ureteral access, and orthotopic urinary diversion. Each chapter provides explicit, detailed, in-depth description with copious drawings and photographs. Except for a handful from Canada, Israel, Ireland, and the Netherlands, the many contributors to this comprehensive resource, who represent the full range of specialties in the field, work in medical schools and facilities throughout the US. This text may also be purchased as a set with a CD-ROM that includes an imaging and pathology atlas.Book News, Inc.®, Portland, OR
Book Description
The eighth edition of this classic work is now published in four volumes. It was compiled by 30 new authors. Ten new chapters were added. Forty existing chapters were re-worked.
Book Info
Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD. Brandon/Hill Medical List minimal-core and first-purchase selection (#630). Comprehensive reference has been expanded from 3 to 4 volumes and completely revised to provide encyclopedic coverage of this field. Organized around subject topics which function like 'mini' textbooks. Text with CD-ROM and CD-ROM alone are not yet available.
About the Author
Patrick C. Walsh, MD, James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute, Director, Department of Urology The Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore MD; Alan B. Retik, MD, Chief, Department of Urology, Boston MA; E. Darracott Vaughan, MD, Chair, Department of Urology Weill Cornell Medical College, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York NY; Alan J. Wein, MD, Chair, Division of Urology University of Pennsylvania, Medical Center, Philadelphia PA Rating 5.0
The encyclopedic bible of urologyThis book is the most extensive single source of urologic information available. It covers all basic aspects of urology in a fairly complete manner. The main drawbacks are:
1)Reference authors quoted directly in text. This makes the book fairly diffcult to read in a fluid manner and adds extra length to the already lengthy text. Gillenwater is a much more readble text.
2)Some chapters need a better overall framework. The best example of this is the chapter on adrenal pathology which does not provide a very good thorough to the asymptomatic adrenal mass, by far the most common adrenal problem.
3)Often excessive discussion regarding all the studies for and against an issue. I feel that it would be better to state that an issue is unresolved and then list some appropriate ways of attacking the problem.
4)Certain chapters are written in the 1st person. The chapter on the technique of radical retropubic prostatectomy is a personal account and not a reference chapter. MAny innovations from other centers are missing making this chapter somewhat biased.Overall an excellent and authoratative view or urology The bible of Urology....If you need to know urology, then you need this set of book. This edition is set up very well. The 4 books make it easier to look up info. It covers all the major topics in urology and is as up to date as any book can be.Best Book in urologyThis is indeed the best urological textbook, or better to call it the bible of urology , I can not wait for the next edition |
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