Surgery
Volume 20, Issue 11 , Pages 249-254, 1 November 2002

Urological Diagnosis: History and Investigations

  • JWF Catto

      Affiliations

    • J W F Catto is a Specialist Registrar in urological surgery on the North Trent rotation, UK. He is an MRC Clinical Research Fellow investigating the role of genomic instability in bladder cancer. He qualified from Leeds University, UK
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  • CR Chapple

      Affiliations

    • C R Chapple is a Consultant Urological Surgeon at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Honorary Senior Lecturer at Sheffield University, UK. His interests include urodynamic investigation and the management of benign prostatic hyperplasia and urinary incontinence

Abstract 

History Many urological conditions are not life-threatening and it is their effect on patients' quality of life that will determine treatment. Many patients simply want reassurance that a serious condition (e.g. malignancy) is not the cause of their symptoms.

Keywords:  urology , urological diagnosis , history , investigations

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PII: S0263-9319(06)70277-0

doi:10.1383/surg.20.11.249.14538

Surgery
Volume 20, Issue 11 , Pages 249-254, 1 November 2002

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