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urologyMedical specialty dealing with the urinary system and male reproductive organs. It traces its origin to medieval lithologists, itinerant healers who specialized in surgical removal of bladder stones. The Spanish surgeon Francisco Díaz wrote the first treatises on urinary-tract disease (1588) and is regarded as the founder of modern urology. Most modern urological procedures originated in the 19th century. Today, urologists use bladder catheters (see catheterization), the cystoscope (to view the inside of the bladder), and various diagnostic imaging techniques; treat prostatic disorders; perform vasectomies; and may surgically remove stones in the urinary tract and cancers of the kidneys, bladder, and testicles. Urology deals mostly with male patients; the urinary tract in females may be treated by gynecologists (see obstetrics and gynecology). urology the branch of medicine concerned with the study and treatment of diseases of the urogenital tract How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Besides "MPR Long-Term Care," additional references are published for medical professionals in six other specialties: "Physician Assistants' Prescribing Reference," "Nurse Practitioners' Prescribing Reference," "MPR Residents' Edition," "MPR Pediatricians' Edition," "MPR Obstetrician & Gynecologist Edition" and "MPR Urologists Edition. We found that the majority of both endocrinologists and urologists agreed that informed consent documents should acknowledge that there is an ongoing debate as to whether or not surgery is in the best interest of the child, and that in the future, the child may have conflict with their assigned sex and therefore request further surgery to reverse current surgery. A practicing urologist for the last 21 years and an active ACPE member since 1998, Sclama received a Masters of Science in Business, Health Care Management from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1999. |
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