Welcome to the Homepage of "Emergencies in Urology".
This Internet publication is aiming at two targets.
First, it will offer you insight into the concept and content of the comprehensive textbook carrying the same title. It was published in May 2007 by Markus Hohenfellner, M.D. and Richard Santucci, M.D. and is dedicated to the topic of urgent and emergent problems in Urology. It presents an in-depth focus into virtually every possible urgent urological situation, with which a urologist may be confronted today. Consequently, the book includes chapters like urological trauma, urosepsis, urinary obstruction, oncologic emergencies, intra- and postoperative complications, acute problems in children, and much more.
To obtain the best possible expertise in such a wide field, renowned expert authors have contributed their experience to this book. They did so not only by writing the regular book chapters but also by delivering short stories about urgent situations they encountered in their own professional life. These vignettes are one of the rare opportunities where experience can be relayed from one urological generation to the next, without restriction.
Much work was committed to the illustrations in the book. Substantial in this respect is the art of Stephan Spitzer, one of the leading medical illustrators.
The result is a comprehensive, organized text, in which state-of-the-art know-how, didactic algorithms, personal experience and detailed illustrations are combined into a unique guide of how to manage urological emergencies.
Second, this web address may become one of your valued bookmarks for your continuous medical update in the field of Urological emergencies. Here we will provide links to related newsletters, guidelines and publications, and you will be able to discuss Urological emergency topics with the world–wide medical community in a unique forum.
Moreover, in analogy to modern education in commercial and military flying we will publish your personal "Emergency in Urology" in order to prevent your colleagues encountering a similar situation at a different time and place. In case you wish to do so, you may submit your contribution under the precondition that your name will not be disclosed to our public. The Editors will verify your identity as a Urological colleague and will guarantee the confidentiality of your personal data to their best professional knowledge and honor.
Finally, we invite you to submit your comments and critiques concerning the book itself or this new Internet presence. We will be grateful for every suggestion to grow together with the experience of our valued readers and colleagues.
Sincerely,
Markus Hohenfellner, MD and Richard Santucci, MD
Heidelberg and Detroit