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Diseases of the Urinary Bladder

Anatomy of the Urinary Bladder

• Anatomy of the urinary bladder
• Histology of the urinary bladder
• Function (Physiology) of the urinary bladder

Congenital Diseases of the Bladder

• Anomalies of the urachus
• Duplication or septation of the bladder
• Paraureteral diverticula
• Fetal and Congenital megacystis
• Exstrophy-epispadias complex

Trauma

• Injury of the bladder
• Foreign bodies in the bladder or urethra
• Bladder tamponade

Diseases of the Female Urethra

• Urethral caruncle
• Diverticula of the female urethra
• Meatal stenosis of the female urethra
• Urethrovaginal fistula
• Female urethral cancer

Lower Urinary Tract Infections

• Urinary tract infection - general principles
• Bladder infection
  • Bladder infection: Epidemiology, Symptoms and Diagnosis
  • Bladder infection: treatment and prevention of acute bladder infection
• Urinary tract infections in pregnancy

Benign Diseases of the Urinary Bladder

• Bladder diverticulum
• Bladder stones
• Interstitial cystitis:
  • Interstitial cystitis: definition, causes, symptoms and diagnosis
  • Interstitial cystitis: medical treatment and surgical therapy
• Radiation cystitis
• Vesicovaginal fistula
• Cystitis cystica

Functional Disorders of the Bladder

• Classification of urinary incontinence
• Stress urinary incontinence in women:
  • Stress urinary incontinence in women: definition and etiology
  • Stress urinary incontinence: symptoms and diagnostic workup
  • Stress urinary incontinence: medical and surgical treatment
• Stress urinary incontinence in men
• Overactive bladder
• Neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction:
  • Neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction: Etiology and Symptoms
  • Neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction: Diagnosis and Treatment
• Enuresis

Malignant Tumors of the Bladder

• Bladder cancer
  • Bladder carcinoma: Definition, Epidemiology and Etiology
  • Bladder carcinoma: Pathology and TNM tumor stages
  • Bladder carcinoma: Symptoms and Diagnosis
  • Bladder carcinoma: Surgical Treatment
  • Bladder carcinoma: Chemotherapy and Immunotherapy of Metastases
• Sarcoma of the bladder

Surgical Procedures for Bladder Diseases

• Cystoscopy
• Mid-urethral sling
• Transurethral cystolitholapaxy
• Transurethral resection of the bladder (TURB)
• Cystolithotomy (sectio alta)
• Radical cystectomy
• Principles of urinary diversion
• Ileal conduit
• Colon conduit
• Ureterocutaneostomy
• Ileum neobladder
• Continent heterotope urostoma (Mainz-Pouch I)
• Continent heterotope urostoma (Ileal pouch)

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