Male Urology Treatments
Stone Disease
Stone disease is a prevalent urological disease. Kidney stones can cause the most unbearable pain, but sometimes kidney stones can exist silently without any symptoms. Stone disease can cause urinary tract infections and damage the kidney if not treated adequately. Once a stone occurs, its recurrence is common.
Infections of the Urinary Tract
A urinary tract infection (U.T.I.) is an infection in any part of your urinary system — your kidneys, ureters, bladder, and urethra. Most infections involve the lower urinary tract — the bladder and the urethra. Urinary tract infections are more common in women in any part of the urinary system.
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH)
Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) — also called prostate gland enlargement — is a common condition as men get older. An enlarged prostate gland can cause uncomfortable urinary symptoms, such as blocking the flow of urine out of the bladder. It can also cause bladder, urinary tract, or kidney problems.
Hematuria - Blood in Urine
Hematuria is the medical term for blood in your urine. Several different conditions and diseases can cause hematuria. These include infections, kidney disease, cancer, and rare blood disorders. The blood may be visible or in such small quantities that it can't be seen with the naked eye.
Retention of Urine
Urinary retention is when you cannot empty all the urine from your bladder. Urinary retention can be acute - a sudden inability to urinate, or chronic - a gradual inability to empty the bladder of urine. Urinary retention can have causes that aren't due to underlying disease.
Medical Renal Disease
End-stage renal disease, also called end-stage kidney disease or kidney failure, occurs when chronic kidney disease — the gradual loss of kidney function — reaches an advanced state. In end-stage renal disease, your kidneys no longer work as they should to meet your body's needs.
Hypospadias
Hypospadias is a congenital disability in boys in which the opening of the urethra is not located at the tip of the penis. In boys with hypospadias, the urethra forms abnormally during weeks 8–14 of pregnancy. The abnormal opening can form anywhere from just below the end of the penis to the scrotum. This condition is more common in infants with a family history of hypospadias.
Genitourinary Cancers
Genitourinary cancers refer to cancers of the urinary system of men and women and the reproductive organs in men. Women also develop cancer in their reproductive organs, which are classified as gynecologic cancers. Urinary cancers form when abnormal cells grow in the prostate, bladder, kidney, or other parts of the urinary tract system.
Infertility
Infertility is a disease of the male or female reproductive system defined by the failure to achieve a pregnancy after 12 months or more of regular unprotected sexual intercourse. The cause of infertility may be difficult to determine but may include inadequate levels of certain hormones in both men and women and trouble with ovulation in women. The main symptom is an inability to get pregnant.
Circumcision
Circumcision is the removal of the foreskin from the human penis. In the most common procedure, the foreskin is extended with forceps; then, a circumcision device may be placed, after which the foreskin is excised. Topical or locally injected anesthesia is often used to reduce pain and physiologic stress. It is generally not very painful.
Undescended Testes
An undescended testicle is generally rare in full-term babies but common in baby boys born prematurely. Not seeing or feeling a testicle where it's expected to be in the scrotum is the main sign of an undescended testicle. The testicle usually moves into the proper position within a few months. If it doesn't, it can be relocated by surgery.
A-V Fistula Surgery
Arteriovenous Fistula surgery involves sewing together an artery and a vein, usually in the wrist or elbow area. With an arteriovenous fistula, blood flows directly from an artery into a vein, bypassing some capillaries. When this happens, tissues below the bypassed capillaries receive less blood. A large untreated A.V.F. can lead to severe complications.