Urology (from Greek ο?ρον ouron "urine" and -λογ?α -logia "study of"), also known as genitourinary surgery, is the branch of medicine that focuses on surgical and medical diseases of the male and female urinary-tract system and the male reproductive organs. Organs under the domain of urology include the kidneys, adrenal glands, ureters, urinary bladder, urethra, and the male reproductive organs (testes, epididymis, vas deferens, seminal vesicles, prostate, and penis).he urinary and reproductive tracts are closely linked, and disorders of one often affect the other. Thus a major spectrum of the conditions managed in urology exists under the domain of genitourinary disorders. Urology combines the management of medical (i.e., non-surgical) conditions, such as urinary-tract infections and benign prostatic hyperplasia, with the management of surgical conditions such as bladder or prostate cancer, kidney stones, congenital abnormalities, traumatic injury, and stress incontinence.[1]Urological techniques include minimally invasive robotic and laparoscopic surgery, laser-assisted surgeries, and other scope-guided procedures.
Sample Chapter(s)
Preface (52 KB)
Components of the Book:
- Chapter1
Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in the Adult Patient Group: A Qualitative Systematic Review on the Adopted Preventative and Interventional Protocols From the Literature
- Chapter2
Advances in Understanding the Human Urinary Microbiome and Its Potential Role in Urinary Tract Infection
- Chapter3
Emerging Role of Microbiome in the Prevention of Urinary Tract Infections in Children
- Chapter4
Bacterial Profile, Antimicrobial Susceptibility Pattern, and Associated Factors of Community- and Hospital-Acquired Urinary Tract Infection at Dessie Referral Hospital, Dessie, Northeast Ethiopia
- Chapter5
The Role of Gut, Vaginal, and Urinary Microbiome in Urinary Tract Infections: From Bench to Bedside
- Chapter6
The prevalence of urinary tract infections in type 2 diabetic patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis
- Chapter7
Judgment and Prevention of Urinary Tract Injury in Gynecological Surgery Based on Data Mining
- Chapter8
Urinary Tract Infections in Kidney Transplant Recipients—Is There a Need for Antibiotic Stewardship?
- Chapter9
Recurrent urinary tract infection in women and overactive bladder – Is there a relationship?
- Chapter10
Review of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections and In Vitro Urinary Tract Models
- Chapter11
Male Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction: An Underrepresented Endpoint in Toxicology Research
- Chapter12
Phage Prevalence in the Human Urinary Tract—Current Knowledge and Therapeutic Implications
- Chapter13
Pattern of Antibacterial Resistance in Urinary Tract Infections: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
- Chapter14
Quantitative evaluation of upper urinary tract pump function in pigs with acute unilateral lower ureteral obstruction by 640-slice dynamic volume CT
- Chapter15
Hospital-acquired urinary tract infection point prevalence in Turkey: Differences in risk factors among patient groups
Readership:
Students, academics, teachers and other people attending or interested in Urology.
Mohamed H Gad
Surgery, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust, King's Lynn, GBR
Hesham H AbdelAziz
Urology, Al Soliman Hospital, Port Said, EGY
Michael L. Neugent
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, USA
Philippe E. Zimmern
Department of Urology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
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