Concise but fully substantiated international reports of clinically oriented research into the science and current management of urogenital disorders form the nucleus of original as well as basic research papers. These are supplemented by up-to-date reviews by international experts on the state-of-the-art of key topics of clinical urological practice. Essential topics receiving regular coverage include the introduction of new techniques and instrumentation as well as the evaluation of new functional tests and diagnostic methods. Special attention is given to advances in new surgical techniques and clinical oncology. The regular publication of selected case reports represents the great variation in urological disease and illustrates treatment solutions in singular cases.

Editors
Manfred P. Wirth – Universitätsklinikum Carl-Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany
Oliver W. Hakenberg – Klinikum der Universität, Rostock, Germany
David Castro-Diaz – Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
Bernd Wullich – Urologisches Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany


Editorial Committee
Shin Egawa – Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Stephan Madersbacher – Kaiser-Franz-Josef Spital, Vienna, Austria
Vicenzo Mirone – Naples, Italy
Anthony Richard Mundy – University College London Hospitals, London, UK
Massimo Porena – Policlinico Monteluce, Perugia, Italy
Jens J. Rassweiler – SLK Kliniken Heilbronn GmbH, Heilbronn, Germany
Arnulf Stenzl – Eberhard-Karls-University, Tübingen, Germany
Jens-Uwe Stolzenburg – University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
Yinghao Sun – Shanghai Changhai Hospital of SMMU, Shanghai, China


Board of Reviewing Editors
Marek Babjuk – Charles University in Praha, Prague, Czech Republic
Gustavo B. Baretton – Universitätsklinikum Carl-Gustav-Carus, Dresden, Germany
Pierfrancesco Bassi – Policlinico Universitario “A. Gemelli”, Rome, Italy
Noor N.P. Buchholz – Sobeh’s Vascular & Medical Center Dubai, Dubai, UAE
Maximilian Burger – University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
Elisabetta Costantini – University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
Anne K. Ebert – Universitätsklinikum Ulm, Ulm, Germany
Margit Fisch – University Medical Center, Hamburg, Germany
Paolo Fornara – Universitätsklinikum der Martin-Luther-Universität, Halle (Saale), Germany
Bruno Frea – Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Udine, Udine, Italy
Michael Fröhner – Zeisigwaldkliniken Bethanien Chemnitz, Chemnitz, Germany
Susanne Füssel – Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany
John P. Gearhart – Brady Urological Institute, Baltimore, MD, USA
Matthias Hammon – University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
Tomas Hanus – General Teaching Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
John Heesakkers – Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Wolfgang Horninger – University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
Johannes Huber – TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Günter Janetschek – Salzburg, Austria
Sabine Kliesch – University of Münster, Münster, Germany
Steffen F. Krause – Kepler Universitätsklinikum Linz, Linz, Austria
John N. Krieger – VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA, USA
Frank Kunath – University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
Andreas Manseck – Klinikum Ingolstadt, Ingolstadt, Germany
Vilis R. Marshall – Mintaro, SA, Australia
Manuel Mas – University of La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
Matthias May – St. Elisabeth-Klinikum, Straubing, Germany
Luigi Mearini – University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
Suks Minhas – University College Hospital, London, UK
Emanuele Montanari – Azienda Ospedaliera S. Paolo, Milan, Italy
Giuseppe Morgia – University of Catania, Catania, Italy
Giulio Nicita – Università d. Studi di Firenze, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
Timothy R.D. Oliver – St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, UK
Stefan Propping – Universitätsklinikum Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Chris Protzel – Univ.-Klinikum Rostock, Rostock, Germany
Peter N. Schlegel – New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, USA
Stefanie Schmidt – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Urologie (DGU), Berlin, Germany
B.J. Schmitz-Dräger – Euromed Clinic, Fürth, Germany
Salvatore Siracusano – University of Verona, Verona, Italy
Nikolaos Sofikitis – Ioannina University, Ioannina, Greece
Walter Ludwig Strohmaier – Klinikum Coburg GmbH, Coburg, Germany
Helge Taubert – Friedrich-Alexander University, Erlangen, Germany
Hans-Göran Tiselius – Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Levent Türkeri – Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey
François Verrey – University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Florian Wagenlehner – Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany
Alessandro Zucchi – University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy