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Urinary Stone Disease
. Ed(S): Stoller, Marshall L., Md (University Of California, San Francisco, Ca); Meng, Maxwell V., Md (University Of California, San Francisco, Ca)
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Description for Urinary Stone Disease
Hardback. Editor(s): Stoller, Marshall L., MD (University of California, San Francisco, CA); Meng, Maxwell V., MD (University of California, San Francisco, CA). Series: Current Clinical Urology. Num Pages: 694 pages, 43 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: MJS; MN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1440.
Urinary stone disease has afflicted mankind for centuries and continues to be a significant medical ailment throughout the world. Contemporary management reflects the changes and evolution that have occurred in both medicine and, specifically, urology. Traditional open surgery has been nearly replaced by minimally invasive techniques, the result of technologic innovations, miniaturization of instruments, and interdisciplinary collaboration. Nevertheless, nephrolithiasis remains a chronic disease and our fundamental understanding of the pathogenesis, and molecular and genetic basis of stones as well as their prevention, remains rudimentary. All large calculi were once small calculi. Where do stones originate and what facilitates their retention, ... Read more
Urinary stone disease has afflicted mankind for centuries and continues to be a significant medical ailment throughout the world. Contemporary management reflects the changes and evolution that have occurred in both medicine and, specifically, urology. Traditional open surgery has been nearly replaced by minimally invasive techniques, the result of technologic innovations, miniaturization of instruments, and interdisciplinary collaboration. Nevertheless, nephrolithiasis remains a chronic disease and our fundamental understanding of the pathogenesis, and molecular and genetic basis of stones as well as their prevention, remains rudimentary. All large calculi were once small calculi. Where do stones originate and what facilitates their retention, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Humana Press Inc. United States
Number of pages
694
Condition
New
Series
Current Clinical Urology
Number of Pages
694
Place of Publication
Totowa, NJ, United States
ISBN
9781588292193
SKU
V9781588292193
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Ref
99-15
Reviews for Urinary Stone Disease
From the reviews: "... an excellent academic review of up-to-date knowledge about stone disease." (L.M. Nyberg, New England Journal of Medicine, April 2008) "The 694 pages of ‘Urinary stone disease’ do cover all aspects of the problem. … For residents in urology the reading allows to get acquainted quickly and thoroughly to knowledge he will need ... Read more