Urodynamics Made Easy E-Book

This volume in the Made Easy series provides a concise, user-friendly guide to the principles and practice of urodynamics as applied to the routine management of patients. It offers clear explanations presented in a visually appealing and accessible format.

The chapters, covering a large range of topics, have a uniform presentation with a concise text and practical, colour-coded tables illustrating and emphasizing key messages regarding typical urodynamic findings.

• A great and simple teaching tool that will assist the novice as well as the more experienced practitioner
• Superbly illustrated in full colour.
• An invaluable and practical, yet comprehensive, resource for all those interested in growing their understanding of and expertise in pelvic floor diseases.

• This edition provides greater detail on the importance of a standardised test, troubleshooting common problems and a more in depth discussion on common artefacts.
• There are updates on the treatment of common functional/urodynamic diagnoses, including Detrusor underactivity, bladder pain syndrome and Detrusor over activity. Where appropriate, the evidence base for treatment algorithms is discussed.
• Advances in diagnostic and prognostic tools which could have a role to play in contemporary practice, such as the use of patient reported outcome measures, electronic bladder diaries and other bio markers, are included.
• The text recognises the greater understanding of the physiological processes that underpin conditions such as underactivity, painful bladder syndrome, and bladder outlet obstruction.
• Novel pharmacotherapeutic targets and their evidence are discussed.
• Over the last decade there have been advances in diagnostics, investigational studies and surgical techniques, and their impact on conventional functional urological practice is discussed.