Difficult Conditions in Laparoscopic Urologic Surgery

Difficult Conditions in Laparoscopic Urologic Surgery outlines potential situations faced by those using laparoscopy and provides solutions for difficult conditions. Extensively and thoroughly written by experts in the field, Difficult Conditions in Laparoscopic Urologic Surgery enables the practising surgeon to confront and resolve dilemmas before even having entered the operating theatre. In this book, every urologic procedure is described using a step-by-step sequence of events and the text is supplemented with numerous tips, colored illustrations and high definition photographs depicting the main steps of the procedures. With a problem-oriented approach, Difficult Conditions in Laparoscopic Urologic Surgery is a valuable reference source for residents, fellows and general urologists.

Ahmed Al-Kandari FRCS(C) B.M., B.Ch: Assistant Professor of Urologic Surgery at Kuwait Univeristy, and Consultant in the Urology Unit of Adan Hospital, Kuwait. Inderbir Gill, M.D., M.Ch: Chairman of the Glickman Urological Institute Cleveland Clinic, Ohio. Following residencies in his native India and America, Dr Gill was appointed a fellow at the Cleveland Institute in 1997, specialising in laparoscopic and minimally invasive surgery of the adrenal gland, kidney, prostate and bladder. He is already the author and editor of several leading works in this area, including the Textbook of Laparoscopic Urology (Informa Healthcare, 2006) and the DVD-accompanied Atlas of Laparoscopic Urology (Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2006), and has done a number of projects with us here at Springer (i.e. Contemporary Interventional Ultrasonography in Urology, 2008 & Tips and Tricks in Laparoscopi Urology, Kumar & Gill 2007).