PROSPECT FOR UROLOGY

AB016. Application and prospect of traditional Chinese medicine in urology and andrology

Extracorporeal shock wave (ESW) was introduced in urology for treatment of Peyronie’s disease (PD) near 20 years. The treatment is not invasive and appears to be effective. However, evidences on long-term follow-up of ESW in PD are still lacking. In addition, effects of ESW on PD are inconsistent. Some studies believed that ESW may resolve pain in PD patients, but not reduce curvature and plaqu...

Anaesthesia for paediatric urology

Paediatric urological surgery encompasses a wide spectrum of procedures ranging from simple day-case operations such as circumcision to complex cases such as correction of bladder exstrophy undertaken in specialist centres. The anaesthetic techniques used vary according to age, requirements of the surgeon, and medical status of the patient. The majority of urological problems in children are co...

Urology.

Open renal surgery for calculous disease replaced by percutaneous and shock-wave methods. Oncology: Modified lymphadenectomy for testicular tumors and initial chemotherapy for stage III seminoma; potency preserving treatment of early prostatic cancer by modified surgery or interstitial implants. GNRH-analogues for pharmacological castration: conservative attitude towards renal and urethral trau...

Urology

concerning each of these aspects was imperative throughout the progress of World War II and the mechanisms of dispersing current information regarding personal health measures were effective only insofar as they became highly individualized. The military experiences in provision of adequate clothing and in maintaining optimum nutritional status, based on careful physiological observation, are e...

Urology