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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. Organs under the domain of urology include the kidneys, adrenal glands, ureters, urinary bladder ...
United Kingdom. Founded. 1945. Owner. BJU International. The British Association of Urological Surgeons is a professional association in the United Kingdom for urology professionals. Its official journal is the BJU International, established in 1929, which is also the journal of the Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand, the Irish ...
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 – over 40% of older men are affected – but lower urinary tract symptoms also affect women.
The Urology Foundation ( TUF) is a charity that works across the UK and Ireland with the aim of improving the knowledge and skills of surgeons who operate on diseases of the male and female urinary-tract system and the male reproductive organs and funds research to improve outcomes of all urological conditions and urological cancers.
In 2007 the NIDDK began to group IC/PBS (Interstitial Cystitis & Painful Bladder Syndrome)and CP/CPPS under the umbrella term Urologic Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndromes (UCPPS). Therapies shown to be effective in treating IC/PBS, such as quercetin , [26] have also shown some efficacy in CP/CPPS. [27]
Voiding cystourethrography. In urology, voiding cystourethrography ( VCUG) is a frequently performed technique for visualizing a person's urethra and urinary bladder while the person urinates (voids). It is used in the diagnosis of vesicoureteral reflux (kidney reflux), among other disorders. [1] The technique consists of catheterizing the ...
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]
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 ...