Voiding Dysfunction Diagnosis and Treatment

Rodney Appell, and a host of respected clinical experts comprehensively summarize the state-of-the-art in the diagnosis and treatment of both neurogenic and nonneurogenic urinary problems in males and females alike. Tailored for use by today's busy practicing urologists, as well as frontline physicians, this book provides the essential physiological background for classifying voiding dysfunctions, surveys the practical diagnostics for these dysfunctions, and reviews the available treatments, including pharmacologic therapy, electrical stimulation, and surgery. Informative, practical, and clinically relevant, Voiding Dysfunction: Diagnosis and Treatment brings to every physician's treatment room a first-class compendium of the latest scientific facts, the best methods of diagnosis, and the most appropriate and effective treatments for these disturbingly widespread disorders.

I. Introduction.- 1 Pathophysiology and Classification of Voiding Dysfunction.- 2 Voiding Dysfunction: Diagnostic Evaluation.- II. Neurogenic Vesico-Urethral Dysfunction.- 3 Cerebrovascular Accidents.- 4 Multiple Sclerosis.- 5 Diagnosis and Treatment of Spinal Cord Injuries and Myeloneuropathie.- 6 Diabetic Bladder Dysfunction.- 7 Lumbar Disc Disease.- III. Female Voiding Dysfunction.- 8 Treatment of Stress Urinary Incontinence.- 9 Urinary Retention in Women.- IV. Male Voiding Dysfunction.- 10 Bladder Outlet Obstruction in Males.- 11 Post-Prostatectomy Incontinence.- V. Treatment Modalities.- 12 Clinical Pharmacology.- 13 Treatment of Detrusor Instability with Electrical Stimulation.- 14 Treatment of Detrusor Instability with Augmentation Cystoplasty.