UROLOGY

The Urology Department at Vivekananda Hospital excels in diagnosing and treating problems involving the male and female urinary tract and the male reproductive organs. Our experts collaborate with other specialities like internal medicine, gynaecology, paediatrics, geriatrics and oncology to provide comprehensive care to the individual needs of the patient.

We adapt latest technologies and minimally invasive procedures in diagnosing and treating wide range of urological disorders and bring out the best outcomes in the patient recovery.

What is urology?

Patients today have access to various medical doctors, including primary care, pediatrics, internal medicine, and specialists, to mention a few. When you’re referred to Urology Austin, you must understand what urology is all about. Urology, in simple terms, is the branch of medicine that deals with both male and female urinary systems. It also includes information on male genital health and male reproduction.

The area of urology is made up of various organs and their components. Urologists treat patients with the following issues regularly:

• The Bladder
• Kidneys
• Adrenal glands (located on top of each kidney)
• Ureters
• Urethra
• Testes
• Epididymis
• Vas deferens
• Seminal vesicles
• Prostate gland
• Penis

What is a urologist?

A urologist is a doctor specializing in disorders of the male and female urinary systems and male reproductive systems. Urologists must have a broad understanding of internal medicine, gynecology, pediatrics, and other disciplines due to the extensive spectrum of clinical problems they encounter. Urologists are also qualified surgeons, and many urologic health issues can be treated surgically. Urologists must meet specific training and examination standards to be certified by the American Board of Urology.

A urologist and a nephrologist are not the same, even though they frequently collaborate on patient care.

Nephrology is a subspecialty of medicine that focuses on the function and illness of the kidneys. A nephrologist treats patients with diabetes, while a urologist treats patients with kidney stones or kidney cancer and offers surgical options. Nephrology is a non-surgical specialty. Hence nephrologists are not surgeons.

What are the subspecialty areas of urology?

Urology is a surgical discipline that contracts with the male reproductive system. The American Urological Association has defined eight specialty areas:

• Erectile dysfunction (impotence)
• Female urology
• Male infertility
• Neurourology
• Pediatric urology (Urology Austin does not treat this area.)
• Renal transplantation
• Urinary tract stones
• Urologic oncology

Urology health conditions

Urology is related to a wide range of health issues, from urine control issues to malignancies. A urologist treats the following conditions in general:

• Urinary incontinence
• Urinary tract infection
• Kidney stones
• Bladder stones
• Low testosterone
• Erectile Dysfunction
• Penile curvature
• Male infertility
• Prostatitis(inflammation/infection of the prostate)
• Enlarged prostate
• Blood in the urine(hematuria)
• Overactive bladder
• Pelvic Organ Prolapse
• Premature ejaculation
• Prostate cancer
• Kidney cancer
• Kidney cysts
• Testicular cancer
• Penile cancer
• Bladder cancer
• Elevated PSA
• Urgent urination
• Interstitial Cystitis(chronic pelvic pain)

Ureteral stones

Contact Urology Austin to make an appointment with one of our highly-trained urologists if you have a urologic health condition that needs to be evaluated. You have over 40 health care providers at 18 convenient locations at Urology Austin.

Endourology

Endourology is the study of the urinary tract in its closed state. Minimally invasive surgical procedures have now become a part of the field. Prostate surgery, stone removal surgery, and basic urethral or ureteral surgeries are examples of operations performed with endoscopes put into the urinary tract.

Oncology of the urinary tract

This refers to cancers of the kidney, adrenal glands, prostate, bladder, ureters, testicles, or Penis, and cancers of the kidney, adrenal glands, prostate, bladder, ureters, testicles, or Penis.

Conclusion

Urology is the branch of medicine that opportunities male and female urinary systems, male genitals, and male reproduction.