Andrology

Andrology

Andrology (from Greek _gr. ἀνήρ, "anēr", genitive _gr. ἀνδρός, "andros", "man"; and _gr. -λογία, "-logia") is the medical specialty that deals with male health, particularly relating to the problems of the male reproductive system and urological problems that are unique to men. It is the counterpart to gynaecology, which deals with medical issues which are specific to women. Andrology has only been studied as a distinct specialty since the late 1960s: the first specialist journal on the subject was the German periodical "Andrologie" (now called "Andrologia"), published from 1969 onwards. ["Social Studies of Science" (1990) 20, p. 32]

Male-specific medical and surgical procedures include vasectomy and vasovasostomy (one of the vasectomy reversal procedures) as well as intervention to deal with male genitourinary disorders such as:
* balanitis
* cryptorchidism
* ectopia testis
* epispadias
* epididymitis
* frenulum breve
* hydrocele
* hypospadias
* impotence (also known more correctly as erectile dysfunction)
* infertility
* micropenis
* orchitis
* paraphimosis
* penile cancer
* penile fracture
* Peyronie's disease
* phimosis
* prostatitis
* prostate cancer
* spermatocele
* testicular cancer
* testicular torsion
* varicocele

Notes

External links

* [http://www.andrologysociety.com/ American Society of Andrology]
* [http://andrology.org/ International Society of Andrology]
* [http://andrology.com/ The World of Andrology]
* [http://www.andrologyaustralia.org/ Andrology Australia - Australian Centre of Excellence in Male Reproductive Health]


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