Main description:

This book introduces neurourology as an emerging interdisciplinary area that covers the basic and clinical studies of the neural control on the normal lower urinary tract and the lower/upper urinary tract dysfunction due to neuropathy disorders. It systematically describes all aspects of neurourology from the epidemiology of the neurogenic bladder; to the pathology and pathophysiology of the lower urinary tract; to the diagnosis and treatment of the neurogenic bladder by conservative therapies or surgeries. This book provides a useful resource for medical doctors, nurses and students in the field of neurourological conditions.

In this second edition, 15 chapters are added, mostly in psychogenic lower urinary tract, standard of care, urodynamics, and new surgical procedures. The editors have invited an impressive number of renowned contributors, including 98 internationally recognized specialists in this field from 25 countries in Europe, Asia, North America, and South America.

Contents:

Anatomical Basis.- The Innervation and Neural Control of the Lower Urinary Tract.- Physiology and Pharmacology.- Pathology and Pathophysiology.- Epidemiology.- Classification.- Diagnosis and Evaluation.- Treatment.- Non-invasive Conservative Treatment.- Minimal Invasive Treatment.- Electrical Stimulation and Neuromodulation.- Detrusor Myoplasty.- Bladder Augmentation/Augmentation Cystoplasty.- Substitution/Diversion.- Surgery for Bladder Outflow.- Other New Procedures.- Management for Complications.- Follow-Up.- Specificities of Neurogenic Bladder from Some Nervous System Diseases.