About the Book
This pictorial book focuses on ureter for gynaecologists. It is written by a multidisciplinary team of experts who share its experience on the study of the ureter in women, with specific attention to the injuries occurring during gynaecological surgery.
Supported by a rich iconography, the authors evaluate the causes of injuries of the ureter, discuss their prevention, precise the diagnosis with the support of urological radiology. The urological management of the injury and its consequences are described in the last chapter, with many photos of laparoscopy included.
This book is intended for gynaecologists, for all the surgeons specialized in the female pelvis, urologists, oncologists, general surgeons. It is also especially written for fellows, residents, and interns in University Hospitals with a limited experience of surgery of the pelvis.
About the Author: Jean-Bernard Dubuisson, MD, Honorary Professor of the University of Geneva, gynecologist and surgeon, Institut Médico-Chirurgical de Champel, Geneva, Switzerland. Honorary professor of the University of Geneva (Switzerland). Former Head Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospitals of Geneva (2003-2011). Former Head Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Paris-René Descartes, France (1993-2003). Specialist in Obstetrics and Gyneacology and General surgery. Hundreds of publications concerning gynaecologic surgery and urogynaecology (laparoscopy, genital prolapse, infertility, fibroids, endometriosis, microsurgery). Main Author of 6 books on gynaecologic surgery and anatomy and urogynaecology, co-author of 10 books.
Jean Dubuisson, MD, Senior Staff physician, Gynaecologist. Head of the Gynaecological Surgery Unit, Division of Gynaecology, Department of Pediatrics, Gynaecology and Obstetrics, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland. Privat Docent, Chargé de Cours, Senior Lecturer at the University of Geneva. Expert in minimally invasive surgery, laparoscopy, vaginal surgery, hysteroscopy and vNOTES. Member of the scientific board of the SWISS Foundation for Innovation and Training in Surgery (SFITS), Geneva. Vice-president of the Association Suisse Romande de Chirurgie Coelioscopique (ASRCC). Member of the Advisory Board of the ESGE (European Society for Gynaecological Endoscopy). Hundreds of publications on mini-invasive surgery and urogynaecology. Martina Sparano Martins Favre, MD, Radiologist, Imagerive center, Geneva, Switzerland. Radio-urologist of Geneva. Medical studies at Rio de Janeiro's University in Brazil (Universidade Severino Sombra RJ). Member of SSR - Societé Suisse de Radiologie, ESUR - European Society of Uroradiology, SIPC - Swiss International Prostate Center. Many publications and presentations at European and American Urology and radiology congresses. President of Group of Radiologists in Geneva (AMG). Current activity (since 2007) at Imagerive Center, Uro-radiologist in a closed interaction with clinicians in particular prostate MRimaging.
Gregory J. Wirth, MD, Urologist, Urologic surgeon, Centre d'Urologie Clinique Générale-Beaulieu, Geneva, Switzerland. Co-founder of the Geneva University Hospital Prostate Cancer center. Former vice-chair of urology (2015-2020), Geneva University Hospitals. DKG-certified prostate cancer expert. Memberships: European Association of Urology, American Association of Urology, Swiss Society of Urology, SAKK (Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research). Multiple peer-reviewed publications on uro-genital cancer surgery.
