Urology An Issue Of Medical Clinics Of North America

This issue of Medical Clinics of North America, guest edited by Robert E. Brannigan, MD, is devoted to Urology. Articles in this outstanding issue include: Prostate Cancer Screening; Treatment Modalities and Outcomes for Prostate Cancer; Kidney, Ureteral, and Bladder Cancer: A Primer for the Internist; Testicular Cancer: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment; Urinary Stone Disease: Diagnosis, Medical Therapy, and Surgical Management; Male Voiding Dysfunction, BPH, and Urinary Retention; Female Voiding Dysfunction and Urinary Incontinence; Penile and Urethral Reconstructive Surgery; Male Infertility Diagnosis and Treatment in the Era of IVF/ICSI; Sexual Dysfunction: Behavioral, Medical, and Surgical Therapies; Hypogonadism: Therapeutic Risks, Benefits, and Outcomes; Cutaneous Diseases of the External Genitalia; Urological Emergencies; Telemedicine: Early Experience in the Urology Clinic; and Men’s Health Programs: The Intersection of Internal Medicine and Urology.

This issue of Medical Clinics of North America, guest edited by Robert E. Brannigan, MD, is devoted to Urology. Articles in this outstanding issue include: Prostate Cancer Screening; Treatment Modalities and Outcomes for Prostate Cancer; Kidney, Ureteral, and Bladder Cancer: A Primer for the Internist; Testicular Cancer: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment; Urinary Stone Disease: Diagnosis, Medical Therapy, and Surgical Management; Male Voiding Dysfunction, BPH, and Urinary Retention; Female Voiding Dysfunction and Urinary Incontinence; Penile and Urethral Reconstructive Surgery; Male Infertility Diagnosis and Treatment in the Era of IVF/ICSI; Sexual Dysfunction: Behavioral, Medical, and Surgical Therapies; Hypogonadism: Therapeutic Risks, Benefits, and Outcomes; Cutaneous Diseases of the External Genitalia; Urological Emergencies; Telemedicine: Early Experience in the Urology Clinic; and Men's Health Programs: The Intersection of Internal Medicine and Urology.

This issue of the Urologic Clinics covers timely topics pertinent to Men's Health, including The Role of Primary Care in Men’s Health, Changes in Male Fertility in the Last Two Decades, The Aging Male, and Pre-adolescent issues as risk factors for adult male health.

This issue of Veterinary Clinics: Small Animal Practice, edited by Dr. Mary Anna Labato and Dr. Mark J. Acierno, focuses on current topics in Urology. Articles include: Urinary incontinence; Inappropriate urinations; Upper tract urolithiasis; Nutritional management of urolithiasis; Feline Idiopathic Cystitis (FIC); Urinary Tract Infection (UTI); Stem cell therapy; Importance of urinalysis; Urinary tract cytology; DI of the urinary tract; Interventional therapies of the urinary tract; Urologic oncology; and Nutraceuticals for urine tract use.

In this issue of Urologic Clinics of North America, guest editor Dr. Craig V. Comiter brings his considerable expertise to the topic of Urologic Pharmacology. Medical therapies for benign prostatic hyperplasia, erectile dysfunction, hypogonadism, overactive bladder, and prostate cancer are widely available, and a basic understanding of the pharmacology of existing treatment options are necessary to avoid complications and maximize efficacy associated with patient outcomes. In this issue, top experts in the field provide current clinical information to help urologists effectively and quickly treat patients. Contains 14 relevant, practice-oriented topics including medical treatment for benign prostatic hyperplasia, medical treatment for urinary tract infections, nutraceuticals and phytotherapy in men’s health, hormonal therapy for prostate cancer, medical treatment of female sexual dysfunction, and more. Provides in-depth clinical reviews on urologic pharmacology, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.

In this issue of Urologic Clinics of North America, guest editor Dr. Michael Hsieh brings his considerable expertise to the topic of Infections in Urology. Top experts in the field provide a unique look at treatment of common and uncommon bacterial infections, as well as how to diagnose and treat infection-prone patients and those with comorbidities and chronic conditions. This issue is a valuable update not only for urologists, but also for primary care and infectious disease physicians. Contains 14 relevant, practice-oriented topics, including treatment of fungal urinary tract infections; clinical microbiome testing for urology; manipulating the gut microbiome in urinary tract infection-prone patients; urinary tract infections and bacteriuria in pregnancy; and more. Provides in-depth clinical reviews on infections in urology, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.

Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) combines the best of traditional and non-traditional medicine to provide the highest probability of a successful result. The measures in which CAM can be applied to traditional medicine sound simplistic today but a number of years ago this was not the case. Today, it is unusual to find a urology department or section that is not dedicated to some aspect of CAM. In fact, it could be argued that urology, more than any other discipline in medicine presently, is leading the way in determining which CAM treatments are effective or ineffective.

The past decade has been marked by the acceleration of our understanding of the molecular biology of cancer. Simultaneously, there have been increasing exigencies to diagnose, treat and follow cancer patients more economically. Biomarkers represent the marriage of science and economics. Biomarkers offer the potential to increase the precision of diagnosis, prognosis, and surveillance of urological malignancies. This issue presents the cutting-edge advances of biomarker technology to urologic oncology.