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The Vattikuti Urology Institute (VUI) at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan, is a clinical and research center for urological care. [2] It is known for being the first institute to implement robotic surgery as a type of treatment for patients with prostate cancer.
The Society for Basic Urologic Research (SBUR) is a US-based basic urological researcher's society with ~600 active members in the US, Europe and Asia, including laboratory and physician scientists (Ph.D.'s, M.D.'s, M.D.-Ph.D.'s, and trainees) in academia, industry and the government.
Lower urinary tract symptoms ( LUTS) refer to a group of clinical symptoms involving the bladder, urinary sphincter, urethra and, in men, the prostate. The term is more commonly applied to men [1] – over 40% of older men are affected [2] [3] [4] [5] – but lower urinary tract symptoms also affect women. [6]
Urology (from Greek οὖρον ouron "urine" and -λογία-logia "study of"), also known as genitourinary surgery, is the branch of medicine that focuses on surgical and medical diseases of the urinary system and the reproductive organs.
The indictment said Paduch had worked in New York from 2003 through 2023 as a practicing urologist specializing in male reproductive health.
Urinary tract obstruction is a urologic disease consisting of a decrease in the free passage of urine through one or both ureters and/or the urethra. It is a cause of urinary retention. Complete obstruction of the urinary tract requires prompt treatment for renal preservation. [32]
Transurethral resection of the prostate (commonly known as a TURP, plural TURPs, and rarely as a transurethral prostatic resection, TUPR) is a urological operation. It is used to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH).
Diagnosis of OAB is made primarily on the person's signs and symptoms and by ruling out other possible causes such as an infection. [1] Urodynamics, a bladder scope, and ultrasound are generally not needed. [1] [20] Additionally, urine culture may be done to rule out infection.
Ureteral cancer. A cystoscope showing a tumor in the ureters. Here it threatens to completely cut off flow to the ureters. Ureteral cancer is cancer of the ureters, muscular tubes that propel urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder. It is also known as ureter cancer, [1] renal pelvic cancer, [1] and rarely ureteric cancer or uretal cancer ...
The procedure, which usually takes only a few minutes and causes little discomfort, is performed in an outpatient clinic or ambulatory surgery centre. Most patients tolerate having the stent removed using only a topical anesthetic placed in the urethra.