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 11,729 practicing urologists. Broken out by state, urology doctor density in Alabama is 166, in Alaska is 26, in Arizona is 219, in Arkansas is 97, in California is 1,258, in Colorado is 170, in Connecticut is 150, in Delaware is 35, in District of Columbia is 80, in Florida is 766, in Georgia is 311, in Hawaii is 58, in Idaho is 42, in Illinois is 545, in Indiana is 212, in Iowa is 99, in Kansas is 104, in Kentucky is 166, in Louisiana is 198, in Maine is 51, in Maryland is 273, in Massachusetts is 342, in Michigan is 383, in Minnesota is 201, in Mississippi is 100, in Missouri is 221, in Montana is 33, in Nebraska is 69, in Nevada is 63, in New Hampshire is 63, in New Jersey is 429, in New Mexico is 69, in New York is 916, in North Carolina is 391, in North Dakota is 25, in Ohio is 486, in Oklahoma is 124, in Oregon is 143, in Pennsylvania is 568, in Rhode Island is 57, in South Carolina is 168, in South Dakota is 36, in Tennessee is 278, in Texas is 769, in Utah is 73, in Vermont is 28, in Virginia is 305, in Washington is 252, in West Virginia is 83, in Wisconsin is 214, and in Wyoming is 20.
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