The diagnosis and care of diseases and disorders of the urinary tract including those related to the kidneys, urinary bladder, urethra, and prostate.
Physicians in this specialty treat patients suffering from numerous diseases and illnesses, but some of the most common are Sterilization, Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), Infertility, bladder disorders, Kidney stones, Incontinence, Impotency, Sexual Dysfunctions, Benign prostatic hyperplasia, Urinary tract infection, Erectile dysfunction (impotence), Prostate cancer, Prostatitis, Cystitis, Frequent urination, Bladder stones, Testicular cancer, Male infertility, Urinary incontinence, and Bladder cancer.
Once properly diagnosed, practitioners can perform numerous procedures on patients including Vasectomy, Seed Implant (Brachtherapy), Non-Incisional Sterilization, Circumcision, Brachytherapy, Lithotripsy, Nerve-sparing prostatectomy, Kidney Transplantation, Prostate Biopsy, Kidney Biopsy, Bladder reconstruction, Retrograde Pyelogram, Cryosurgical treatment, Radical perineal prostatectomy, and Robot-assisted nephrectomy and prostatectomy.
To diagnose patients with possible illnesses and diseases, specialists will often perform one of many tests including Computed Tomography (CT or CAT) Scan of the Kidney, Kidney, Ureter, and Bladder X-ray, Cystoscopy, Uroflowmetry, Cystometry, Intravenous Pyelogram, Kidney Scan, Kidney Ultrasound, Prostate / Rectal Sonogram, Uroscopy, Cystography, Antegrade Pyelogram, Retrograde Cystography, Renal Angiogram, Renal Venogram, and Retrograde Pyelogram.
Doctor density varies by specialty and location. The United States has 11,563 practicing urologists. Broken out by state, urology doctor density in Alabama is 167, in Alaska is 26, in Arizona is 220, in Arkansas is 99, in California is 1,272, in Colorado is 175, in Connecticut is 152, in Delaware is 35, in District of Columbia is 81, in Florida is 770, in Georgia is 314, in Hawaii is 59, in Idaho is 42, in Illinois is 551, in Indiana is 215, in Iowa is 100, in Kansas is 105, in Kentucky is 167, in Louisiana is 202, in Maine is 52, in Maryland is 277, in Massachusetts is 345, in Michigan is 387, in Minnesota is 221, in Mississippi is 101, in Missouri is 223, in Montana is 33, in Nebraska is 69, in Nevada is 64, in New Hampshire is 64, in New Jersey is 431, in New Mexico is 69, in New York is 922, in North Carolina is 396, in North Dakota is 26, in Ohio is 490, in Oklahoma is 124, in Oregon is 145, in Pennsylvania is 571, in Rhode Island is 59, in South Carolina is 169, in South Dakota is 36, in Tennessee is 282, in Texas is 772, in Utah is 73, in Vermont is 28, in Virginia is 308, in Washington is 257, in West Virginia is 85, in Wisconsin is 221, and in Wyoming is 22.
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