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Impotence: Diagnosis and Management of Erectile Dysfunction
BOOK REVIEWS
Mayo Clio Proc, May 1995, Vol 70
Deficiencies: At least 44 of the 61 authors are surgeons-fewer than 10 are women. Surgical issues are more extensively discussed than are medical and psychosocial ones. The perspectives of more women could have enriched this intellectual consideration of breast cancer. Recommended Readership: Surgeons, medical and radiation oncologists, breast pathologists, radiologists, and trainees in these areas.
Overall Grading:
****
Richard M. Goldberg, M.D., Division of Medical Oncology, Mayo
Clinic Rochester, Rochester, Minnesota
Procedures and Techniques in Intensive Care Medicine, edited by James M. Rippe, Richard S. Irwin, Mitchell P. Fink, and Frank B. Cerra, 316 pp, with illus, $59.95, Boston, Little, Brown and Company (telephone: 800-343-9204),1995, ISBN 0-316-74721-1
Type of Book: A multiauthored "how-to" manual of procedures and techniques commonly used in the intensive-care environment, as identically extracted from the parent textbook Intensive Care Medicine by the same editors. Scope ofBook: A comprehensive analysis of virtually all common and some uncommon procedures relative to adult critical-care medicine typically performed by both "intensivists" and general physicians. Contents: The goal of the text was to provide a manual that would introduce procedures to inexperienced intensivists and review or update information for experienced intensivists. Most of the information deals with the more commonly performed procedures and, when coupled with the well-illustrated step-by-step descriptions of the techniques, a concise set of instructions can be obtained by readers. Descriptions of more sophisticated techniques that would not normally be performed by general intensivists are included; they provide some insight into the indications and contraindications of the procedures. Strengths: This relatively small paperback is portable despite the number of useful illustrations and the careful descriptions of most of the techniques. The authors and coauthors are well known in the field of intensive-care medicine and are obviously well versed in the subject material. Deficiencies: Most of the reference lists are from the 1980s and earlier. Therefore, the book does not deal with some of the most recent cost-benefit controversies, particularly those relative to the newly introduced techniques. Readers should be aware of the need to pursue more current literature as indicated for their needs. Recommended Readership: General intensivists and subspecialists involved in the care of severely ill hospitalized patients, particularly those at a medical student or house staff training level.
Overall Grading:
***
509
Impotence: Diagnosis and Management of Erectile Dysfunction, edited by Alan H. Bennett, 320 pp, with illus, $75, Philadelphia, W. B. Saunders Company (telephone: 800-545-2522),1994, ISBN 0-7216-3768-X
Type of Book: A multiauthored textbook that focuses on the modem diagnosis and management of erectile dysfunction. Scope ofBook: This book contains chapters authored by experts in the various fields of diagnosis and treatment of male erectile dysfunction. Contents: The first two chapters comprehensively discuss the anatomic, physiologic, and epidemiologic features of impotence. A diagnostic algorithm of the workup for impotence is provided, and a chapter addresses radiologic evaluation of impotence. Seven chapters focus on the various causes of male erectile dysfunction, including endocrine factors, impotence associated with chronic renal failure, iatrogenic-induced impotence, impotence associated with spinal cord injury, dysfunction of the veno-occlusive mechanism, arteriogenic impotence, and nonvascular causes. The chapter on pharmacology of impotence covers the medications that cause impotence and those used to treat impotence. Two chapters discuss alternative therapies, and one addresses penile prostheses. Finally, two chapters deal with disorders of ejaculation, and one focuses on Peyronie's disease and other similar penile deformity diseases and injuries. The National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Conference Statement on Impotence is provided as an appendix. Strengths: The editor selected authors who are well-recognized experts in the field of male erectile dysfunction; thus, this is an excellent and thoroughly modem text. The chapters are consistent in quality; all are up to date, are well referenced, and have ample photographs, line drawings, and tables. The bibliography lists are extremely well done. Deficiencies: Some minor overlap is evident. The chapters that deal with treatment of vasculogenic impotence could have been better illustrated relative to techniques of vascular operations. Recommended Readership: All specialists who deal with male erectile dysfunction, including psychiatrists, sexologists, urologists, endocrinologists, and vascular surgeons, should have this book. It would also be an excellent text for general physicians who want a comprehensive and well-written textbook on this particular disorder. Overall Grading:
*****
Ronald W. Lewis, M.D., Department of Urology, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, Minnesota
Gross Anatomy in the Practice of Medicine, by Frank J. Slaby, Susan K. McCune, and Robert W. Summers, 699 pp, with illus, $49.50, Baltimore, Lea & Febiger (telephone: 800-638-0672), 1994, ISBN 0-8121-1664-X
Type of Book:
A textbook for a first-year anatomy course in
Peter C. Gay, M.D., Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care
medical school.
Medicine and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, Minnesota
Scope of Book: This complete text is designed to fill a newly emerging niche in the curricula of medical schools in the United
For personal use. Mass reproduce only with permission from Mayo Clinic Proceedings.
Mayo Clio Proc, May 1995, Vol 70
Deficiencies: At least 44 of the 61 authors are surgeons-fewer than 10 are women. Surgical issues are more extensively discussed than are medical and psychosocial ones. The perspectives of more women could have enriched this intellectual consideration of breast cancer. Recommended Readership: Surgeons, medical and radiation oncologists, breast pathologists, radiologists, and trainees in these areas.
Overall Grading:
****
Richard M. Goldberg, M.D., Division of Medical Oncology, Mayo
Clinic Rochester, Rochester, Minnesota
Procedures and Techniques in Intensive Care Medicine, edited by James M. Rippe, Richard S. Irwin, Mitchell P. Fink, and Frank B. Cerra, 316 pp, with illus, $59.95, Boston, Little, Brown and Company (telephone: 800-343-9204),1995, ISBN 0-316-74721-1
Type of Book: A multiauthored "how-to" manual of procedures and techniques commonly used in the intensive-care environment, as identically extracted from the parent textbook Intensive Care Medicine by the same editors. Scope ofBook: A comprehensive analysis of virtually all common and some uncommon procedures relative to adult critical-care medicine typically performed by both "intensivists" and general physicians. Contents: The goal of the text was to provide a manual that would introduce procedures to inexperienced intensivists and review or update information for experienced intensivists. Most of the information deals with the more commonly performed procedures and, when coupled with the well-illustrated step-by-step descriptions of the techniques, a concise set of instructions can be obtained by readers. Descriptions of more sophisticated techniques that would not normally be performed by general intensivists are included; they provide some insight into the indications and contraindications of the procedures. Strengths: This relatively small paperback is portable despite the number of useful illustrations and the careful descriptions of most of the techniques. The authors and coauthors are well known in the field of intensive-care medicine and are obviously well versed in the subject material. Deficiencies: Most of the reference lists are from the 1980s and earlier. Therefore, the book does not deal with some of the most recent cost-benefit controversies, particularly those relative to the newly introduced techniques. Readers should be aware of the need to pursue more current literature as indicated for their needs. Recommended Readership: General intensivists and subspecialists involved in the care of severely ill hospitalized patients, particularly those at a medical student or house staff training level.
Overall Grading:
***
509
Impotence: Diagnosis and Management of Erectile Dysfunction, edited by Alan H. Bennett, 320 pp, with illus, $75, Philadelphia, W. B. Saunders Company (telephone: 800-545-2522),1994, ISBN 0-7216-3768-X
Type of Book: A multiauthored textbook that focuses on the modem diagnosis and management of erectile dysfunction. Scope ofBook: This book contains chapters authored by experts in the various fields of diagnosis and treatment of male erectile dysfunction. Contents: The first two chapters comprehensively discuss the anatomic, physiologic, and epidemiologic features of impotence. A diagnostic algorithm of the workup for impotence is provided, and a chapter addresses radiologic evaluation of impotence. Seven chapters focus on the various causes of male erectile dysfunction, including endocrine factors, impotence associated with chronic renal failure, iatrogenic-induced impotence, impotence associated with spinal cord injury, dysfunction of the veno-occlusive mechanism, arteriogenic impotence, and nonvascular causes. The chapter on pharmacology of impotence covers the medications that cause impotence and those used to treat impotence. Two chapters discuss alternative therapies, and one addresses penile prostheses. Finally, two chapters deal with disorders of ejaculation, and one focuses on Peyronie's disease and other similar penile deformity diseases and injuries. The National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Conference Statement on Impotence is provided as an appendix. Strengths: The editor selected authors who are well-recognized experts in the field of male erectile dysfunction; thus, this is an excellent and thoroughly modem text. The chapters are consistent in quality; all are up to date, are well referenced, and have ample photographs, line drawings, and tables. The bibliography lists are extremely well done. Deficiencies: Some minor overlap is evident. The chapters that deal with treatment of vasculogenic impotence could have been better illustrated relative to techniques of vascular operations. Recommended Readership: All specialists who deal with male erectile dysfunction, including psychiatrists, sexologists, urologists, endocrinologists, and vascular surgeons, should have this book. It would also be an excellent text for general physicians who want a comprehensive and well-written textbook on this particular disorder. Overall Grading:
*****
Ronald W. Lewis, M.D., Department of Urology, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, Minnesota
Gross Anatomy in the Practice of Medicine, by Frank J. Slaby, Susan K. McCune, and Robert W. Summers, 699 pp, with illus, $49.50, Baltimore, Lea & Febiger (telephone: 800-638-0672), 1994, ISBN 0-8121-1664-X
Type of Book:
A textbook for a first-year anatomy course in
Peter C. Gay, M.D., Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care
medical school.
Medicine and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, Minnesota
Scope of Book: This complete text is designed to fill a newly emerging niche in the curricula of medical schools in the United
For personal use. Mass reproduce only with permission from Mayo Clinic Proceedings.