Urology

Urological disorders account for about one-third of the surgical referrals to hospital and it is therefore important for doctors and nurses, both in hospital practice and in the community, to have a thorough working knowledge of the management of these patients. New methods of investigation and the increasing use of endoscopic methods of surgical treatment have improved the lot of the surgical patient, but at the same time the tendency for urology to become increasingly divorced from general surgery carries the risk that practitioners in other specialties will not know what can be offered. This book is intended to provide a practical guide to the up-to-date management of diseases of the genitourinary tract and to highlight the indications for specialist referral.