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Interventional Radiology in the Lower Urinary and Genital Tracts

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Diseases of the Abdomen and Pelvis

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Abstract

Under normal circumstances, access to the urothelium and lumen of the urethra and bladder is by cystoscopy and urethroscopy. Lower tract intervention is then surgical, and radiology’s role is pre-operative imaging. When endoscopy is not possible or lesions are not urothelial in origin, interventional radiology has a role. The traditional treatment for prostate outflow obstruction, transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP), is currently being challenged by a plethora of new therapies, some of which require radiological guidance and intervention. Interstitial prostate cancer therapy demands imaging guidance. Vascular embolisation of lower urinary tract lesions is really confined to the treatment of uncontrolled hemorrhage from inoperable bladder cancer.

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  1. The Middlesex Hospital, University College London Hospitals, London, UK

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  1. Nuklearmedizin, Universitätsspital, 8091, Zürich, Switzerland

    G. K. von Schulthess

  2. Institut fĂĽr Radiologie, Kantonsspital, 8401, Winterthur, Switzerland

    Ch. L. Zollikofer

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Rickards, D. (1999). Interventional Radiology in the Lower Urinary and Genital Tracts. In: von Schulthess, G.K., Zollikofer, C.L. (eds) Diseases of the Abdomen and Pelvis. Syllabus. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2141-9_44

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