Section Editor Howard N. Winfield, M.D. West Alabama Urology Associates Tuscaloosa, Alabama Laparoscopy Howard N. Winfield, M.D. West Alabama Urology Associates Tuscaloosa, Alabama Tadashi Matsuda, M.D. Kansai Medical University Osaka, Japan Ureteroscopy Michael J. Conlin, M.D. Oregon Health and Science University Portland, Oregon Francis X. Keeley, Jr., M.D. British Urological Institute Bristol, United Kingdom Percutaneous Surgery Robert Marcovich, M.D. University of Texas San Antonio, Texas Michael Y.C. Wong, MBBS Singapore Urology and Fertility Centre Singapore Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy Geert G. Tailly, M.D. AZ Klina Brasschaat, Belgium Ryan F. Paterson, M.D. University of British Columbia Vancouver, Canada Transurethral Procedures Alexis E. Te, M.D. Cornell University New York, New York Anup Patel, M.D. Imperial School of Medicine London, United Kingdom Medical Aspects of Endourology Dean G. Assimos, M.D. Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, North Carolina Hans-Göran Tiselius, M.D., Ph.D. Karolinska University Hospital Stockholm, Sweden Investigative Endourology David A. Duchene, M.D. University of Kansas Medical Center Kansas City, Kansas Abhay Rane, M.S. Spire Gatwick Park Hospital London, United Kingdom Robotics David I. Lee, M.D. Penn Presbyterian Medical Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Ashok K. Hemal, M.D. Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, North Carolina Thermal/Ablative Technology Surena F. Matin, M.D. M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Houston, Texas Osamu Ukimura, M.D., Ph.D. Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine Kyoto, Japan.