You are two minutes from a critical step in a robotic prostatectomy, and the operative plan in your head does not match what the anatomy is showing you.

Every urology resident and early-career surgeon hits this moment: the textbook description of a dissection plane and the living tissue in front of them refuse to line up. Atlases built for the open era rarely translate cleanly to a laparoscopic port or a robotic console, and the gap between reading about a technique and executing it under time pressure is where confidence, and sometimes outcomes, are lost.

Practical Urologic Surgery closes that gap. This 2026 edition walks through 25 procedure-focused chapters covering laparoscopic, robotic, and open technique across the full breadth of urologic practice, from renal and adrenal surgery through pelvic oncology, reconstruction, and pediatric urology, built around the way surgeons actually think in the operating room.

Step-by-step operative sequences for radical and partial nephrectomy, pyeloplasty, PCNL, robotic and open prostatectomy, cystectomy with urinary diversion, and reconstructive urology
Over 100 clinical illustrations spanning surgical anatomy, instrument positioning, and key operative views, spread across every chapter
Clinical Pearl boxes distilling the judgment calls that separate a smooth case from a difficult one
Case vignettes that walk through real intraoperative decision points and the reasoning behind them
Complication-avoidance and troubleshooting guidance drawn directly into each procedure, not left for a separate chapter

A companion video course of more than 100 curated surgical teaching videos, accessible instantly through the QR code printed at the back of this book, extends every chapter with recorded operative footage and expert commentary.

Written for residents building operative judgment and for practicing surgeons refining technique, this is the reference you keep on the shelf closest to the OR.