List of Contributors
 
Foreword
 
Preface
 
About the Companion Website
 
Volume 1
 
Section 1 Basic Principles
 
1 Care and Sterilization of Instruments
Carol Olsen
 
2 Radiation Safety During Diagnosis and Treatment
Yasser A. Noureldin & Sero Andonian
 
3 Enhanced Endoscopic Imaging
Ghalib A. Jibara & Michael E. Lipkin
 
4 Preoperative Antibiotics and Prevention of Sepsis in Urologic Endoscopic Surgery
Manish N. Patel & Jorge Gutierrez-Aceves
 
5 Management of the Anticoagulated Patient
Zeph Okeke
 
Section 2 Percutaneous Renal Surgery
 
Part 1 Perioperative Considerations
 
6 Surgical Anatomy of the Kidney for Endourological Procedures
Francisco J.B. Sampaio
 
7 Nephrolithometric Scoring Systems for Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy
Roshan Patel, Daniel J. Lama, & Zhamshid Okhunov
 
8 Pathophysiology of Urinary Tract Obstruction
Frederick A. Gulmi & Diane Felsen
 
9 Organizing the Endourological Operating Room
Ravindra B. Sabnis, Abhishek Singh, & Shashikant Mishra
 
10 Endoscopic Training/Simulation
Zichen Zhao & Robert M. Sweet
 
Part 2 Patient Positioning for Percutaneous Access
 
11 Patient Positioning, the Supine Position, and the Rationale of ECIRS
Cesare M. Scoffone & Cecilia M. Cracco
 
12 Prone, Lateral, and Flexed: Patient Positioning for Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy
Robert J. Sowerby, A. Andrew Ray, & R. John D'A. Honey
 
Part 3 Imaging for Access
 
13 Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy Access Under Fluoroscopic Control
Norberto O. Bernardo & Maximiliano Lopez Silva
 
14 Dyna-CT-Guided versus Standard CT-Guided Renal Access
Manuel Ritter & Maurice-Stephan Michel
 
15 Endoscopically Guided Percutaneous Renal Access
Zhamshid Okhunov, Kamaljot S. Kaler, Simone Vernez, Rahul Dutta, Jaime Landman, & Ralph V. Clayman
 
16 Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy Access Under Ultrasound
Mahesh R. Desai & Arvind P. Ganpule
 
17 New Concepts of Renal Access: iPad, GPS, and Others
Estevao Lima, Pedro L. Rodrigues, Marie-Claire Rassweiler-Seyfried, & Joao L. Vilaca
 
Part 4 Selection of Access and Dilation
 
18 Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy: Upper Pole Access
Davis P. Viprakasit & Nicole L. Miller
 
19 Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy Access Without Image Guidance
Arthur D. Smith
 
20 Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy Access: Robotic
Michelle Jo Semins, Dan Stoianovici, & Brian R. Matlaga
 
21 Dilation of the Nephrostomy Tract
Peter Alken
 
Part 5 Stone Removal
 
22 Rigid and Flexible Nephroscopy
Timothy Y. Tran & Mantu Gupta
 
23 Percutaneous Antegrade Ureteroscopy
Burak Turna, Umit Eskidemir, & Oktay Nazli
 
24 Small-caliber Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy: Mini, UMP, and Micro-Perc
Janak D. Desai & Arkadiusz Miernik
 
25 Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy: Special Problems with Staghorns
Monica A. Farcas & Kenneth T. Pace
 
26 Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy: Stone Extraction and Lithotripsy
Samir Derisavifard & Arthur D. Smith
 
27 Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy in Children
Adam S. Howe, Jordan S. Gitlin, & R. John D'A. Honey
 
Part 6 Other Uses of Nephrostomy Access
 
28 Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy of Calyceal Diverticula, Infundibular Stenosis, and Simple Cysts
Nadya E. York & James E. Lingeman
 
29 Percutaneous Instillation of Chemolytic, Chemotherapeutic, and Antifungal Agents
Mohamed A. Elkoushy, Philippe D. Violette, & Sero Andonian
 
30 Percutaneous Treatment of Ureteropelvic Junction Obstruction
Michael W. Sourial, Bodo E. Knudsen, & Paul J. Van Cangh
 
31 Percutaneous Management of Upper Tract Urothelial