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| American Foundation for Urologic Disease: Non-profit corporation for the prevention and cure of urologic disease, through the expansion of patient education, public awareness, research and advocacy. Includes prostate, kidney, impotence, bladder, infertility, and pediatric urology. | | American Urological Association: Strives to promote the highest standards of urological clinical care through education, research and in the formulation of health care policy. | | Bard Urological: Provider of products, services, education for the surgical treatment of prostate cancer, conditions of the urinary tract, female incontinence, and pelvic prolapse. | | Kidney & Urologic Diseases: Provides an A-Z list of conditions by the NIDDK. | | Laparoscopy and Urology.: Deals with almost every aspect, all under one roof. A section for surgeons and lay persons. | | Medicine Net: Focus on Urological Disorders: Offers medical information, doctor produced, written for patients experiencing disorders such as urinary tract infections, and overactive bladder. Includes procedures, tests, and medications. | | OHSU Health -- Urology: Overview, symptom and treatment information about urology health topics from Oregon Health and Sciences University. | | Urinary Problems in Women: FAQs about voiding pain and difficulties, blood in urine, frequent urinary tract infections, nighttime urinary urgency and incontinence and the influence of fibroids and endometriosis on urinary function. | | UROlog: Provides urological information for urologists, general practitioners, and non-professionals. By Abbott Laboratories. | | Urology Health: The American Urological Association's online patient information resource written and reviewed by urology experts. |
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Urology
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Urology is the branch of medicine that focuses on the urinary tracts
of males and females, and on the reproductive system of males. Medical
professionals specializing in the field of urology are called urologists and are trained to diagnose, treat, and manage patients with urological disorders; they may hold one of the following medical degrees, either (MD, MBBS, MBChB, etc) or (DO) degree. The organs covered by urology include the kidneys, ureters, urinary bladder, urethra, and the male reproductive organs (testes, epididymis, vas deferens, seminal vesicles, prostate and penis).
In men, the urinary system overlaps with the reproductive system, and in women the urinary tract opens into the vulva.
In both sexes, the urinary and reproductive tracts are close together,
and disorders of one often affect the other. Urology combines
management of medical (i.e., non-surgical) problems such as urinary infections,
and surgical problems such as the correction of congenital
abnormalities and the surgical management of cancers. Such
abnormalities within the genital region are called genitourinary disorders.
Urology is closely related to, and in some cases overlaps with, the medical fields of nephrology, andrology, gynecology, proctology and oncology.
Branches of urology
As a discipline that involves the study of many organs and
physiological systems, urology can be broken down into subfields. Many
urologists, particularly those involved in research, choose an informal
specialization in a particular field of urology.
Other subfields of urology include stone disease, sexual dysfunction, trauma and reconstruction, and male infertility.
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