Laparoscopic and Robot-Assisted Surgery in Urology Atlas of Standard
Operative urology has evolved in recent years to include laparoscopic and robot-assisted surgical procedures, which have resulted in significant improvements in quality of life-related outcome. Nevertheless, training methods in urologic laparoscopy and ro
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Jens-Uwe Stolzenburg · Ingolf A. Türk Evangelos N. Liatsikos (Editors)
Laparoscopic and Robot-Assisted Surgery in Urology Atlas of Standard Procedures
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Prof. Dr. Jens-Uwe Stolzenburg Prof. Dr., FRCS (Ed), FRCS (Eng) Professor and Chairman Department of Urology Head of International Training Centre of Urologic Laparoscopy University of Leipzig Liebigstraße 20, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
Prof. Ingolf A. Türk Professor and Chairman Department of Urology Director Robot Assisted Surgery Program St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center Professor of Urology Tufts University, School of Medicine 11 Nevins Street, Suite 501 Boston, MA 02135, USA
Prof. Evangelos N. Liatsikos Ass. Professor of Urology Department of Urology University of Patras, School of Medicine 26500 RIO, Patras, Greece
ISBN 978-3-642-00890-0 e-ISBN 978-3-642-00891-7 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-00891-7 Springer Heidelberg Dordrecht London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2011927116 © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2011 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfi lm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specifi c statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Product liability: The publishers cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information about dosage and application contained in this book. In every individual case the user must check such information by consulting the relevant literature. Cover design: eStudioCalamar, Figueres/Berlin Projektmanagement, typesetting and reproduction of the figures: Fotosatz-Service Köhler GmbH – Reinhold Schöberl, Würzburg Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
Laparoscopic urologic surgery has been well established in the management of urologic patients for more than two decades. The majority of oncological and reconstructive urologic surgery can be performed by a laparoscopic approach providing significant advantages for the patient. Technical issues and the requirement of a high level of laparoscopic skill have limited the wide acceptance of the laparoscopic approach. Thus, several laparoscopic procedures are performed only by specialised surgeons in laparoscopy centres. Since these institutions have accumulated vast experience in the field of laparoscopic surgery in the course of time, the task of training the next generation of laparoscopic urolog
