Reviewer: Whitney R Smith, MD (Thomas Jefferson University)
Description: This first-of-its-kind, easy-to-read book is a comprehensive guide through every type of urinary catheter, device, and product available.
Purpose: The authors aim to provide a simple-to-use reference packed with clinical information on all types of urological devices in a concise yet comprehensive fashion. This book provides a basic understanding of the wide array of catheters, devices, and products, as well as indications for advanced applications of these items. The authors meet their objectives while filling a void in the urological literature.
Audience: The book is designed primarily for urological providers, including attending urologists of all subspecialties, urology resident physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants, and urology nurses and medical assistants. Since this is such a comprehensive book, it is easy to imagine it serving as a desktop reference in all urology offices, inpatient urology wards, and operating suites. Other providers who could benefit from this book are interventional radiologists who specialize in genitourinary procedures, physiatrists managing patients with neurogenic bladders, gynecologists, and primary care providers.
Features: The authors, representing a multidisciplinary team and well-known experts in urology, have organized this book into eight simple-to-understand chapters with plenty of high-quality, color photographs and illustrations. The first three chapters focus on indwelling (suprapubic and transurethral), intermittent, and external urinary catheters. Chapter four goes through upper urinary tract drainage devices (including ureteral stents and nephrostomy tubes) and urethral dilators. Chapters five and six explain the various types of urine collection bags and absorbent products designed for urinary incontinence. Chapter seven is a guide through a wide range of urological devices including urostomy appliances and accessories, compressive and occlusive devices for urinary incontinence in men and women, devices for pelvic organ prolapse, and toileting and personal hygiene aids. The final chapter, focusing on perineal skin care, includes definitions and etiologies of common conditions, and products and techniques designed to prevent them. Each chapter includes a detailed description of the device, available models, instructions on its use, contraindications, complications and problems, evidence-based clinical information, and useful patient education guides.
Assessment: This is a much-needed reference for any urological provider's library. With the wide range of tools available for the numerous urologic conditions, this contemporary book provides access to relevant, evidence-based clinical and patient-centered information.
This outstanding textbook fills a lack and provides the reader with handy practical information. Urologists, whatever their interests, will find in this well-resourced work everything they need to know about urologic devices used in daily practice.” (Paul Meria, European Urology Today, June-July, 2018)
“The book is designed primarily for urological providers, including attending urologists of all subspecialties, urology resident physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants, and urology nurses and medical assistants. … This is a much-needed reference for any urological provider's library. With the wide range of tools available for the numerous urologic conditions, this contemporary book provides access to relevant, evidence-based clinical and patient-centered information.” (Whitney R. Smith, Doody's Book Reviews, April, 2018)
