Urological surgery
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This chapter discusses the anaesthetic management of urological surgery. Surgical procedures covered include cystoscopic procedures, transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) (including TURP syndrome), robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy, transurethral resection of bladder tumour, nephrectomy and partial nephrectomy, prostatectomy (including radical prostatectomy), radical cystectomy, percutaneous stone removal, extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy, and renal transplantation. It concludes with a series of vignettes about minor urological procedures.