Urologists also treat conditions that affect male reproductive organs. The reproductive and urinary systems work closely together in men. Urologists often treat conditions that affect both systems.

In general, prophylaxis for urologic surgery should be discontinued within 24 hours, and in many cases, a single dose is appropriate. Although common practice has been to administer agents longer when ...

Here are 22 interesting statistics about urology in surgery centers. 1. Urology was represented in 23 percent of all ASCs in 2008. 2. Urology ranked fourth among specialties in average number of ...

!–paging_filter–pUrologists diagnose and treat disorders of the urinary tract, prostate and bladder, such as urinary tract infections, prostate cancer and incontinence./p pstrongEmily B. Bradley, M.D.

Laparoendoscopic single-site surgery (LESS) probably represents the next evolutionary step in laparoscopic surgery. Although most urologic procedures are feasible by the LESS approach, significant ...

Although female certified urologists are still a minority within the specialty, they perform many more procedures on women than their male colleagues, who perform more procedures on men than their ...

Periprocedural infections are an important health care concern. Surgical-site infections occur after 5% of clean extra-abdominal procedures and are even more frequent after intra-abdominal operations.