Minimally invasive surgery for diseases of the urinary tract discussed by Mr. Christopher Eden, the UK's most experienced laparoscopic urologist with an experience of over 1,000 cases.

Mr Christopher Eden (GMC number 3081165)

Qualifications

MBBS

King's College School of Medicine and Dentistry

June 1985

FRCS (Urol.)  

Royal College of Surgeons of England

December 1995

MS

 University of London

March 1997

Prizes & Awards

1984

Almond Prize in Diseases of Children

1985

Legg Prize in Surgery

1994

Everidge Research Prize in Urology

1995

Bard-Angiomed Urolink Travel Award

1995

BAUS-Zeneca Video Prize

1997

Ethicon Foundation Fund Travelling Fellowship

1997

Royal College of Surgeons Foundation Inc., New York, Travelling Fellowship

Current Appointment

Consultant Urologist
The Royal Surrey County Hospital
Egerton Road
Guildford
Surrey
GU2 7XX

Special Advisor to the National Institute for Clinical Excellence

Executive committee member, Section of Oncology, British Association of Urological Surgeons.

Executive committee member, European School of UroTechnology, European Association of Urologists.

Editorial Board member for European Urology.

Reviewer for British Journal of Urology International, Journal of Urology and Urology

Training in Urology

Senior Registrar in Urology

Guy’s Hospital.

10.2.97 – 30.09.97

Senior Registrar to Stone Centre

St. Thomas' Hospital.

1.10.95 - 9.2.97

Senior Registrar in Urology

Kent & Canterbury Hospital

1.1.95 - 30.9.95

Registrar in Urology

Kent & Canterbury Hospital

1.3.94 - 31.12.94

Wickham Research Fellow in Urology

King's College Hospital.

1.4.93 - 28.2.94

Registrar in Urology

King's College Hospital

1.10.91 - 31.3.93

Overseas

Radical prostatectomy (September 1997)
Dr P Walsh, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, USA.

Laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (January 2000)
Dr G Vallencien, Institut Mutualiste Montsouris, Paris, France.

Laparoscopic urology (January 2001)
Dr I Gill, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.

PUBLICATIONS

Letters

Eden CG. Classifying dissection of the thoracic aorta. Surgery 1991; 97: 2329.

Eden CG. Ultrasound-guided subclavian vein catheterisation. Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England 1991; 73: 399.

Eden CG. Deep tension sutures in high-risk abdominal wound closure. Surgery 1992; 99: i.

Eden CG. Defending the use of deep tension sutures in high-risk abdominal wound closure. Surgery 1992; 10: 72d.

Eden CG, Bradpiece H. Deceleration injury of the gall bladder. Hospital Update 1993; 19: 185.

Eden CG, Carter PG, Bellringer JF, Pryor JP, Coker C. Managing impotence in diabetes. British Medical Journal 1993; 307: 739.

Eden CG, Carter PG. Hospital management of urinary incontinence. Hospital Update 1993; 19: 566.

Haigh AC, Eden CG. Laparoscopic surgery leads to better post-operative pulmonary function. British Medical Journal 1996; 312: 1159.

Cahill D, Eden CG. The management of ureteric stones and laparoscopic ureterolithotomy: the Edinburgh experience. BJU International 2000; 86: 404.

Eden CG. Lessons learned from laser tissue soldering and fibrin glue pyeloplasty in an in vivo porcine model. J Urol 2001; 166; 629.

Eden CG. Robotically assisted surgery. BJU International 2005; 95: 908-909.

Eden CG, Moon DA, Gianduzzo T. Concomitant management of renal calculi and pelvi-ureteric junction obstruction with robotic laparoscopic surgery. BJU International 2006; 97: 653-654.

Moon DA, Eden CG, Gianduzzo T, Hindley RG. Mini-flank supra-11th rib incision for open partial or radical nephrectomy. BJU International 2006; 97: 867.

Gianduzzo T, Eden CG, Moon DA. Treatment of localised prostate cancer using high-intensity focused ultrasound. BJU International 2006; 97: 867-8.

Points of technique

Eden CG, Murray KHA. A purpose-designed self-retaining kidney retractor for operative retroperitoneoscopy. British Journal of Urology 1995; 76: 511.

Case reports

Eden CG, Williams TG. Duodenal perforation complicating laser cholecystectomy. Endoscopy 1992; 24: 790-792.

Eden CG, Bettochi C, Coker CB, Yates-Bell AJ, Pryor JP. Malignant mesothelioma of the tunica vaginalis. Journal of Urology 1995; 153: 1053-1054.

Eden CG, Adamson A, Protheroe A. Trash penis. British Journal of Urology 1995; 75: 675-676.

Eden CG, Adamson A, Jeer PJS, Smith AS, Coptcoat MJ. Retroperitoneoscopic renal cystectomy - an unusual pitfall. British Journal of Urology 1995; 75: 674-675.

Eden CG, Marker AJ, Pryor JP. Human immunodeficiency virus-related bacillary angiomatosis of the penis. British Journal of Urology 1996; 77: 323-324.

Original articles

Newsom SWB, Eden CG, Wells FC, Meredith P. Penetration of enoxacin into lung tissue. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 1989; 23: 113-115.

Eden CG, Breach NM, Goldstraw P. The treatment of desmoid tumours in Gardner's syndrome. Thorax 1992; 47: 662-663.

Eden CG, Carter PG, Haigh AC, Sherwood RA, Green DW, Coptcoat MJ. The metabolic response to laparoscopic and open nephrectomy. Minimally Invasive Therapy 1994; 3: 43-50.

Eden CG, Haigh AC, Carter PG, Coptcoat MJ. Laparoscopic nephrectomy results in better postoperative lung function. Journal of Endourology 1994; 8: 419-423.

Eden CG, Murray KHA. Retroperitoneoscopic dismembered fibrin-glued pyeloplasty ~ initial report. Minimally Invasive Therapy 1995; 4: 147-152.

Eden CG, Coptcoat MJ. Assessment of alternative tissue approximation techniques for laparoscopic surgery. British Journal of Urology 1996; 78: 234-242.

Eden CG, Sultana SR, Murray KHA, Carruthers RK. Extraperitoneal laparoscopic dismembered fibrin-glued pyeloplasty: medium-term results. British Journal of Urology 1997; 80: 382-389.

Eden CG, Mark IR, Gupta RR, Eastman J, Shrotri NC, Tiptaft RC. Intracorporeal or extracorporeal lithotripsy for distal ureteric calculi? The effect of stone size and multiplicity on success rates. Journal of Endourology 1998; 12: 313-317.

Eden CG, Cahill D, Allen JD. Laparoscopic dismembered pyeloplasty: 50 consecutive cases. BJU Int 2001; 88: 526-531.

Eden CG, Cahill D, Vass JA, Adams TH, Dauleh MI. Laparoscopic radical prostatectomy: the initial UK series. BJU Int 2002; 90: 876-872.

Eden CG, King D, Kooiman GG, Adams TH, Sullivan ME, Vass JA. Transperitoneal or extraperitoneal laparoscopic radical prostatectomy: does the approach matter? J Urol 2004; 172: 2218-2223.

Eden C, Gianduzzo T, Chang C, Thiruchelvam N, Jones A. Extraperitoneal laparoscopic pyeloplasty for primary and secondary ureteropelvic junction obstruction. J Urol 2004; 172: 2308-2311.

Eden CG, Moon DA. Laparoscopic radical prostatectomy: minimum 3-year follow-up of the first 100 patients in the UK. BJU Int 2006; 97: 981-984.

Moon DA, El-Shazly MA, Chang CM, Gianduzzo TR, Eden CG. Laparoscopic pyeloplasty: evolution of a new gold standard. Urology; 67: 932-936.

Eden CG, Chang C, Gianduzzo T, Moon DA. The impact of obesity on laparoscopic radical prostatectomy. BJU Int 2006; 98: 1279-1282.

Gianduzzo TR. Chang CM. El-Shazly M. Mustajab A. Moon DA. Eden CG. Laser nerve-sparing laparoscopic radical prostatectomy: a feasibility study. BJU Int 2007; 99:875-879.

Eden CG. Richards AJ. Ooi J. Moon DA. Laczko I. Previous bladder outlet surgery does not affect medium-term outcomes after laparoscopic radical prostatectomy. BJU Int 2007; 99: 399-402.

Review articles

Eden CG. Wound closure and suture material - historical perspective. Surgery 1991; 89: 2127a.

Eden CG. A classification of suture material and needles. Surgery 1991; 91: 2179a.

Eden CG. Factors affecting the strength of wound closure. Surgery 1991; 93: 2235a.

Eden CG. Properties of individual suture materials. Surgery 1991; 95: 2271a & 2283a.

Eden CG. Choice of suture material. Surgery 1992; 100: 12a.

Eden CG. Surgical diathermy. Surgery 1992; 10: 256b-256c.

Eden CG, Ison KT, Popert RJ, Carter PG, Coptcoat MJ. A consumer's guide to laparoscopic equipment in Urology. British Journal of Urology 1993; 72: 1-5.

Eden CG. Operative retroperitoneoscopy. British Journal of Urology 1995; 76: 125-130.

Eden CG. Tissue approximation techniques and their laparoscopic application. Minimally Invasive Therapy 1996; 5: 378-392.

Eden CG. Treatment options for pelviureteric junction obstruction ~ implications for practice and training. British Journal of Urology 1997; 80: 365-372.

Invited contributions

Eden CG. Alternative endoscopic access techniques to the retroperitoneum. Endoscopic Surgery and Allied Technologies 1995; 1: 27-28.

Eden CG. Alternative techniques for laparoscopic tissue anastomosis in the retroperitoneum. Endoscopic Surgery and Allied Technologies 1995; 1: 29-32.

Vass J, Eden CG. Laparoscopic radical prostatectomy. Revisiones en Urologia 2001; 2: 89-98.

Eden CG. Extraperitoneal laparoscopic simple nephrectomy. www.websurg.com 2001.

Eden CG. Extraperitoneal laparoscopic pyeloplasty. www.websurg.com 2001.

Eden CG. Laparoscopic radical prostatectomy. Urological Cancer Abstracts 2004; 18: 2-5.

Eden C. Open versus laparoscopic radical prostatectomy. The case for laparoscopic surgery. Ann Royal Coll Surg Eng 2007; 89: 110-112.

Chapters

Coptcoat MJ, Eden CG. Instrumentation. In: Coptcoat MJ, Joyce AD eds., Laparoscopy in Urology. Oxford: Blackwell Science, 1993, Chap. 3, pp. 10-26.

Eden CG, Coptcoat MJ. The metabolic response to operative laparoscopy. In: Coptcoat MJ, Joyce AD eds., Laparoscopy in Urology. Oxford: Blackwell Science, 1993, Chap. 7, pp. 54-62.

Coptcoat MJ, Eden CG. Laparoscopic retroperitoneal surgery. In: Coptcoat MJ, Joyce AD eds., Laparoscopy in Urology. Oxford: Blackwell Science, 1993, Chap. 14, pp. 110-120.

Eden CG, Coptcoat MJ. Laparoscopic equipment. In: Handbook of Urological Equipment. London: British Association of Urological Surgeons, 1994, Chap. 9.

Eden CG. Development. In: Eden CG ed., Extraperitoneal Laparoscopic Surgery. Oxford: Blackwell Science, 1997, Chap. 1, pp. 1-5.

Eden CG. Tissue approximation techniques. In: Eden CG ed., Extraperitoneal Laparoscopic Surgery. Oxford: Blackwell Science, 1997, Chap. 13, pp. 131-143.

Eden CG. Pyeloplasty. In: Eden CG ed., Extraperitoneal Laparoscopic Surgery. Oxford: Blackwell Science, 1997, Chap. 14, pp. 145-154.

Eden CG. Contributor. In: Kumar U, Gill IS eds., Tips and Tricks in Laparoscopic Urology. London: Springer Verlag, 2006, Chapters 5, 9 & 11.

Gianduzzo T, Eden CG. Adrenalectomy. In: Gill IS ed., Textbook of Laparoscopic Surgery. Berlin: Springer Verlag, 2005 (in press

Books

Eden CG ed., Extraperitoneal Laparoscopic Surgery. Oxford: Blackwell Science, 1997.

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