Urology

Urology (from Greek οὖρον ouron "urine" and -λογία -logia "study of"), also known as genitourinary surgery, is the branch of medicine that focuses on surgical and medical diseases of the male and female urinary tract system and the male reproductive organs. The organs under the domain of urology include the kidneys, adrenal glands, ureters, urinary bladder, urethra, and the male reproductive organs (testes, epididymis, vas deferens, seminal vesicles, prostate, and penis).

The urinary and reproductive tracts are closely linked, and disorders of one often affect the other. Thus, a major spectrum of the conditions managed in urology exists under the domain of genitourinary disorders. Urology combines the management of medical (i.e., non-surgical) conditions, such as urinary tract infections and benign prostatic hyperplasia, with the management of surgical conditions such as bladder or prostate cancer, kidney stones, congenital abnormalities, traumatic injury, and stress incontinence.

Urology (journal)

Urology, also known as The Gold Journal, is a peer-reviewed scientific journal focusing on urology and nephrology published by Elsevier on behalf of the Société Internationale d'Urologie and edited by Eric A. Klein. It was established in 1973 and is published monthly. The journal has a 2009 impact factor of 2.365, ranking 27th out of 63 in the "Urology & Nephrology" category.

Urology is abstracted and indexed in Current Contents, EMBASE, MEDLINE, and Scopus.

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