The long-awaited book by two of the very few urologists in the world who specialise exclusively in functional reconstruction of the urinary tract. This volume covers functional reconstruction of the bladder and the upper urinary tracts of both male and female together with gynaeco-urological surgery. A separate book on functional reconstruction of the male lower urinary tract is planned to follow. The authors have worked together for many years and both have a personal, hands-on experience of the video-urodynamic evaluation of their patients. Their approach to the reconstruction of any part of the urinary tract is based on an in-depth understanding of its particular function and of the dysfunction that needs to be resolved. Every chapter, especially those relating to gynaeco-urology, contains original concepts and detailed descriptions of surgical procedures, some of which are not be found elsewhere. The colour illustrations by Paul Richardson are based on more than 1500 original drawings by RTW: together with clinical photographs, these are presented with a wealth of surgical "tricks of the trade" and "pearls of experience." The result is an outstanding and refreshingly innovative practical exposition of the "state of the art" of functional reconstruction. It is not so much a surgical textbook as a post-graduate communication - written for urologists, gynaecologists and uro-gynaecologists at all stages of their career. Few will read this book without learning a number of things that affect their surgical thinking and practise.

Contents
1 Some principles of reconstruction and 'glossary' 2 Some surgical principles, procedures and techniques 3 Surgical access to the urinary tract 4 The special value and the principles of omentoplasty and omental inter-position 5 Ureteric reimplantation, reconstruction and substitution 6 The renal pelvis and the kidney 7 A critical analysis of the functional anatomy of female continence, incontinence, voiding inefficiency and gynaeco-urological hypersensitivity 8 The basic principles of clinical urodynamic evaluation of function and dysfunction 9 An analytical overview of the options for the treatment of urinary incontinence and voiding inefficiency 10 Vaginal abnormalities and vaginoplasty 11 Developmental anomalies of the adult female urethra and the sphincter mechanism 12 Gynaeco-urological injuries and fistula repair 13 Perspectives of urinary diversion and cytoplasty 14 Res urodynamica 15 Miscellaneous surgicalia 16 The art of medical illustration - Paul Richardson Epilogue - Christopher Chapple