Tucson, Arizona is home to 50 practicing urologists who have offices in 2 counties and 16 zip codes, including zip codes 85715, 85704, 85712, 85724, 85745, 85710, 85741, 85716, 85719, 85713, 85723, 85754, 85739, 85725, 85718, and 85711.

According to 2005 Census estimates, Tucson has a population of 515,526, which gives it a specialist to resident ratio of 1 urologist for every 10,310 residents.

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According to 2005 Census estimates, Arizona has a population of 5,939,292. Of this population, 1,535,805 are under the age of 18 and 754,345 are at or above the age of 65.

Description

Urology pertains to diagnosing and treating disorders of the urinary tract or urogenital system. The urinary tract consists of organs and tubes that produce and excrete urine. The urogenital system refers to the organs and functions involved in excretion and reproduction.

Diseases / Illnesses Treated

Physicians in this specialty treat patients suffering from numerous diseases and illnesses, but some of the most common are incontinence, impotency, sterilization, sexual dysfunctions, kidney stones, infertility, bladder disorders, benign prostatic hyperplasia (bph), benign prostatic hyperplasia, urinary tract infection, prostate cancer, erectile dysfunction (impotence), prostatitis, male infertility, urinary incontinence, testicular cancer, bladder cancer, cystitis, frequent urination, and bladder stones.

Procedures Performed

Once properly diagnosed, practitioners can perform numerous procedures on patients including seed implant (brachtherapy), circumcision, vasectomy, non-incisional sterilization, brachytherapy, lithotripsy, kidney biopsy, bladder reconstruction, prostate biopsy, nerve-sparing prostatectomy, kidney transplantation, cryosurgical treatment, robot-assisted nephrectomy and prostatectomy, retrograde pyelogram, and radical perineal prostatectomy.

Tests Performed

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, kidney ultrasound, uroflowmetry, cystometry, kidney scan, intravenous pyelogram, retrograde cystography, renal venogram, prostate / rectal sonogram, retrograde pyelogram, cystography, uroscopy, renal angiogram, and antegrade pyelogram.