Release Date: 15 December, 2001
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Describes artificial prosthetic devices implanted during urologic surgery to correct incontinence and erectile dysfunction. The authors provide guidelines for patient evaluation prior to surgery and postoperative treatment of the patient. The 18 contributions cover tissue engineering, injectable agents, stents, penile prostheses, and artificial urinary sphincters. Topics include teflon injection for incontinence after radical prostatectomy, urethral stents for neurogenic bladder dysfunction, Peyronie's disease and penile implants, corporeal fibrosis, and an artificial urinary sphincter for female incontinence.Copyright © 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Book Info
Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Provides a concise review of the treatment options available, tested approaches to evaluation and postoperative management, and features an emphasis on newer technologies in prosthetic surgery. For practitioners. DNLM: Urogenital Diseases--surgery. Rating
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