Urology mainly diagnoses organic and partial functional diseases of male and female urinary tract (urethral or urethral orifice malformation, various urethral fistula, renal tumor, male prostatitis, bladder tumor, ureteral calculi, female urinary incontinence, etc.). ), and the main treatment is surgery. Andrology is biased towards the diagnosis and treatment of male reproductive organ diseases (orchitis, balanitis, phimosis, hydrocele, nocturnal emission, sexual dysfunction, etc.). ). Because the urinary tract and reproductive organs are adjacent and shared (male urethra is both a channel for urination and ejaculation), they often interact when they are sick, and various treatment methods often need to be considered in diagnosis and treatment.
Second, the difference between urology and andrology?
Andrology is a branch of urology, including andrology. The emergence of andrology is actually the need of discipline development. For example, at first it was internal medicine, and later it was divided into internal medicine, surgery, gynecology and pediatrics. After the operation, many operations were performed, such as thoracic surgery, brain surgery, urology and so on. Today, there is a andrology department in urology. The scope of treatment is different.
Urology includes three organ diseases: the first part is adrenal diseases (there are two small glands on both kidneys). The second part is the urinary system, including kidney, ureter, bladder and urethra, which is a system to promote urine excretion. The third part is the male reproductive system, including testis, that is, scrotum, testis, epididymis, vas deferens, seminal vesicle, ejaculatory duct, prostate, penis and so on. Compared with andrology, there are important differences. Urology also looks at female urinary system diseases.
The so-called andrology now is to classify all anatomical and physiological abnormalities of male genitalia in the third department of urology into andrology. The so-called andrology is to treat or diagnose diseases of male reproductive organs, or to study the pathogenesis. Andrology is a concept of discipline subdivision derived in recent years.
Specifically, urology mainly focuses on the following diseases: reproductive infection of urinary system, urinary calculi, urinary inflammation, prostate diseases, sexual dysfunction, infertility, urinary system surgery (common prepuce surgery, hypospadias, varicocele, urinary incontinence, etc. ). The diseases that men are mainly concerned about are prostate disease, sexual dysfunction, male infertility, minor surgery on reproductive organs, etc. In short, in fact, the relationship between the two is that andrology is incorporated into urology, which is a small branch with a short development time, that is, diseases that andrology can't treat well, urology can be better treated, and urology that andrology can treat well is more professional.