This pictorial book focuses on ureter for gynaecologists. It is written by a multidisciplinary team of experts who share its experience on the study of the ureter in women, with specific attention to the injuries occurring during gynaecological surgery.

Supported by a rich iconography, the authors evaluate the causes of injuries of the ureter, discuss their prevention, precise the diagnosis with the support of urological radiology. The urological management of the injury and its consequences are described in the last chapter, with many photos of laparoscopy included.

This book is intended for gynaecologists, for all the surgeons specialized in the female pelvis, urologists, oncologists, general surgeons. It is also especially written for fellows, residents, and interns in University Hospitals with a limited experience of surgery of the pelvis.

Jean-Bernard Dubuisson, MD, Honorary Professor of the University of Geneva, gynecologist and surgeon, Institut Médico-Chirurgical de Champel, Geneva, Switzerland. Honorary professor of the University of Geneva (Switzerland). Former Head Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospitals of Geneva (2003-2011). Former Head Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Paris-René Descartes, France (1993-2003). Specialist in Obstetrics and Gyneacology and General surgery. Hundreds of publications concerning gynaecologic surgery and urogynaecology (laparoscopy, genital prolapse, infertility, fibroids, endometriosis, microsurgery). Main Author of 6 books on gynaecologic surgery and anatomy and urogynaecology, co-author of 10 books.