is what I'd characterize this 19-chapter-book. Each chapter takes the advanced student of endourology about half an hour to read - the entry level is steep, though. You should be a last-year academic-orientated urology resident (with a distinct weakness for endourology), a urologist in the field with a taste for state-of-the-art or an endourology fellow. I can't give this book 5 stars because it lacks a) any passing glances at laparoscopic urology (which belongs to endourology) b) any treatment of lower tract problems whatsoever (so the title is misleading and you'll search in vain for any insights into advanced resection techniques or advanced endouology of lower urinary tract problems) and c) some of the pictures are sub-standard and blurry (granted, so they are in real life, but then again, the picture moves whereas in a book it doesn't, so that, when you see nothing, you just see that - nothing). The DVD is well worth the effort.
The book's articles are well written and you could think of it as a deluxe version of Urology Clinics (2:2004 adv in ureterorenoscopy) with more attention to stenting, percutaneous access etc. Truly, the techniques presented are advanced and readily usable IF you already know what you are doing.
Some 350 pages, non-glossy high-quality paper, hardbound. Total reading time for the aforementioned group: 7+ hours.
Total reading time for beginning residents: 15+ hours
Reading time interested med student: 20 hours
lay man : not reccommended. Try Smith's Urology for a start.
Summary: Advanced endourology ? No. Advanced treatment of upper tract conditions ? Absolutely !
