Urology Info Davao: DEFINITION OF UROLOGY

Urology Info Davao: DEFINITION OF UROLOGY



Urology is the branch of medicine that takes care of the medical and surgical diseases of the adrenals, kidneys and urinary tract, which include the ureters, bladder and urethra, and the male reproductive system and genitalia(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 stones and cancers. Such abnormalities within the genital region are called genitourinary disorders.

Urology was mentioned in the original Greek version of the Hippocratic Oath, wherein specific prohibitions are contained for physicans against cutting "persons labouring under the stone" and to leave it to those who are practioners of this work. Urologic diseases has been described as far back as the ancient Egyptians who did routine suprapubic cystostomies on patients with urinary retention for bladder stones or enlarged prostates.