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Urologic Surgery: All Procedures Step by Step
General Surgical Techniques
- Surgical approaches in urology:
- Midline laparotomy
- Subcostal incision
- Flank incision
- Thoracoabdominal laparotomy
- Lower midline incision
- Pfannenstiel incision
- Paramedian laparotomy
- Gibson incision
- Inguinal incision
- Subinguinal incision
- Circumcising incision
- Perineal approach for surgery of the bulbar urethra and membranous urethra
- Lithotomy position
- Laparoscopy in Urology
- Laser technology in urologic surgery
- Bowel anastomosis
Surgical Procedures of the Kidneys
- Open simple nephrectomy
- Open radical nephrectomy
- Laparoscopic nephrectomy
- Retroperitoneoscopic nephrectomy
- Open partial nephrectomy
- Laparoscopic partial nephrectomy
- Percutaneous nephrolithotomy
- Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL)
Surgical Procedures of the Ureters
- Ureteroscopy
- Open Nephroureterectomy
- Laparoscopic Nephroureterectomy
- Open pyeloplasty
- Laparoscopic pyeloplasty
- Ureteroureterostomy
- Transureteroureterostomy
- Ureterocystoneostomy for VUR
- Ureteral reimplantation for ureteral defects
Surgical Procedures of the Bladder
- Cystoscopy
- Cystolitholapaxy
- Transurethral resection of the bladder (TURB)
- Mid-urethral slings
- Cystolithotomy (sectio alta)
- Bladder diverticulectomy
- Radical Cystectomy
- Principles of urinary diversion
- Ileal conduit
- Colon conduit
- Ureterocutaneostomy
- Ileal neobladder (Studer and Hautmann technique)
- Continent heterotope urostoma (Mainz-Pouch I)
- Continent heterotope urostoma (Ileal pouch)
Surgical Procedures of the Prostate
- Prostate biopsy
- Transurethral Resection of the Prostate (TURP)
- Holmium laser enucleation of the prostate (HoLEP)
- Greenlight laser treatment of BPH
- Suprapubic simple prostatectomy
- Retropubic simple prostatectomy (Millin)
- Retropubic radical prostatectomy
- Laparoscopic pelvic lymphadenectomy
- Laparoscopic (robotic-assisted) radical prostatectomy
- Radical perineal prostatectomy
- Brachytherapy of the prostate
Surgery of the Male Urethra
- Internal urethrotomy
- Urethroplasty: Exzision and Primary Anastomosis
- Single-Stage Urethroplasty with tissue transfer
- Two-Stage Urethroplasty
- Principles of hypospadias operations:
- MAGPI hypospadias repair
- Tubularized incised plate urethroplasty (TIP) hypospadias repair
- Mathieu hypospadias repair
- Duckett hypospadias repair
- Two-stage hypospadias repair
Surgical Procedures of the Penis
- Penile nerve block
- Circumcision
- Frenuloplasty
- Surgery for penile curvature
- Partial penectomy
- Radical penectomy and perineal urethrostomy
- Inguinal lymphadenectomy for penile cancer
Surgical Procedures of the Testis
- Inguinal orchidopexy
- Scrotal orchiectomy
- Radical (inguinal) orchiectomy
- Retroperitoneal lymphadenectomy
- Hydrocelectomy
- Spermatocelectomy
- Vasectomy
Surgical Procedures of the Adrenal Glands
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References
J. A. Smith, S. S. Howards, G. M. Preminger, and R. R. Dmochowski, Hinman’s Atlas of Urologic Surgery Revised Reprint. Elsevier, 2019.
Deutsche Version: Operationstechniken in der Urologie
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