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Andrology (from Greek
Ancient Greek

Ancient Greek is the historical stage in the development of the Greek language spanning across the Archaic Greece , Classical Greece , and Hellenistic civilization periods of ancient Greece and the classical antiquity....
 , aner, genitive , andros, "man"; and , -logia
-logy

-logy is a suffix in English language, found in words originally adapted from Ancient Greek words ending in -????a . The earliest English examples were anglicizations of the French language -logie, which was in turn inherited from the Latin language -logia....
) is the medical specialty
Medicine

Medicine is the art and science of healing. It encompasses a range of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....
 that deals with male health, particularly relating to the problems of the male reproductive system
Reproductive system

The reproductive system is a system of Organ within an organism which work together for the purpose of reproduction. Many non-living substances such as fluids, hormones, and pheromones are also important accessories to the reproductive system....
 and urological
Urology

Urology is the surgical specialty that focuses on the urinary tracts of males and females, and on the reproductive system of males. Medical professionals specializing in the field of urology are called urologists and are trained to diagnose, treat, and manage patients with urological disorders....
 problems that are unique to men
MEN

The abbreviation MEN can refer to:* Multiple endocrine neoplasia* Manchester Evening News* Manchester Evening News Arena* Ministry of National Education of the Republic of Poland - Ministerstwo Edukaji Narodowej...
. It is the counterpart to gynaecology
Gynaecology

Gynaecology or gynecology refers to the surgical specialty dealing with health of the female sex organ . Literally, outside medicine, it means "the science of women"....
, 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.

Male-specific medical and surgical procedures
Surgery

Surgery is a medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a patient to investigate and/or treat a pathological condition such as disease or injury, to help improve bodily function or appearance, or sometimes for some other reason....
 include vasectomy
Vasectomy

Vasectomy is a surgical procedure in which the vas deferens of a man are cut for the purpose of Sterilization ....
 and vasovasostomy
Vasovasostomy

Vasovasostomy is the surgery by which Vasectomy are reversed in males.It can be performed in the convoluted or straight portion of the vas deferens....
 (one of the vasectomy reversal procedures) as well as intervention to deal with male genitourinary disorders such as:






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Andrology (from Greek
Ancient Greek

Ancient Greek is the historical stage in the development of the Greek language spanning across the Archaic Greece , Classical Greece , and Hellenistic civilization periods of ancient Greece and the classical antiquity....
 , aner, genitive , andros, "man"; and , -logia
-logy

-logy is a suffix in English language, found in words originally adapted from Ancient Greek words ending in -????a . The earliest English examples were anglicizations of the French language -logie, which was in turn inherited from the Latin language -logia....
) is the medical specialty
Medicine

Medicine is the art and science of healing. It encompasses a range of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....
 that deals with male health, particularly relating to the problems of the male reproductive system
Reproductive system

The reproductive system is a system of Organ within an organism which work together for the purpose of reproduction. Many non-living substances such as fluids, hormones, and pheromones are also important accessories to the reproductive system....
 and urological
Urology

Urology is the surgical specialty that focuses on the urinary tracts of males and females, and on the reproductive system of males. Medical professionals specializing in the field of urology are called urologists and are trained to diagnose, treat, and manage patients with urological disorders....
 problems that are unique to men
MEN

The abbreviation MEN can refer to:* Multiple endocrine neoplasia* Manchester Evening News* Manchester Evening News Arena* Ministry of National Education of the Republic of Poland - Ministerstwo Edukaji Narodowej...
. It is the counterpart to gynaecology
Gynaecology

Gynaecology or gynecology refers to the surgical specialty dealing with health of the female sex organ . Literally, outside medicine, it means "the science of women"....
, 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.

Male-specific medical and surgical procedures
Surgery

Surgery is a medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a patient to investigate and/or treat a pathological condition such as disease or injury, to help improve bodily function or appearance, or sometimes for some other reason....
 include vasectomy
Vasectomy

Vasectomy is a surgical procedure in which the vas deferens of a man are cut for the purpose of Sterilization ....
 and vasovasostomy
Vasovasostomy

Vasovasostomy is the surgery by which Vasectomy are reversed in males.It can be performed in the convoluted or straight portion of the vas deferens....
 (one of the vasectomy reversal procedures) as well as intervention to deal with male genitourinary disorders such as:
  • balanitis
    Balanitis

    Balanitis is inflammation of the glans penis . When the foreskin is also affected, it is termed balanoposthitis....
  • cryptorchidism
    Cryptorchidism

    Cryptorchidism is the absence of one or both testes from the scrotum. This usually represents failure of the testis to move, or "descend," during fetal development from an abdomen position, through the inguinal canal, into the ipsilateral scrotum....
  • ectopia testis
  • epispadias
    Epispadias

    An epispadias is a rare type of congenital malformation of the penis in which the urethra ends in an opening on the upper aspect of the penis....
  • epididymitis
    Epididymitis

    Epididymitis is a medicine condition in which there is inflammation of the epididymis . This condition may be mildly to very painful, and the scrotum may become red, warm and swollen....
  • frenulum breve
    Frenulum breve

    Frenulum breve is the condition in which the frenulum preputii penis, which is an elastic band of tissue under the glans penis that connects to the foreskin and helps contract the prepuce over the glans, is short and restricts the movement of the prepuce....
  • hydrocele
    Hydrocele

    A hydrocele denotes a pathology accumulation of serous fluid in a bodily cavity.* A hydrocele testis is the accumulation of fluids around a testicle, and is fairly common....
  • hypospadias
    Hypospadias

    Hypospadias is a birth defect of the urethra in the male that involves an abnormally placed urinary meatus . Instead of opening at the tip of the glans penis of the penis, a hypospadic urethra opens anywhere along a line running from the tip along the underside of the shaft to the junction of the penis and scrotum or perineum....
  • impotence (also known more correctly as erectile dysfunction
    Erectile dysfunction

    Erectile dysfunction is a sexual dysfunction characterized by the inability to develop or maintain an erection of the penis sufficient for satisfactory sexual performance....
    )
  • infertility
    Infertility

    Infertility primarily refers to the biological inability of a person to contribute to fertilization. Infertility may also refer to the state of a woman who is unable to carry a pregnancy to full term....
  • micropenis
    Micropenis

    Micropenis is a medical term that describes an unusually small penis. A common criterion is a dorsal erect Human penis size of at least 2.5 standard deviations smaller than the mean penis size....
  • orchitis
    Orchitis

    Orchitis or Orchiditis is an often very painful condition of the testicles involving inflammation, swelling and frequently infection. It should be taken very seriously and a doctor should be seen as soon as possible....
  • paraphimosis
    Paraphimosis

    Paraphimosis is a medical condition where the foreskin becomes trapped behind the glans penis, and cannot be pulled back to its normal flaccid position covering the glans penis....
  • penile cancer
  • penile fracture
    Penile fracture

    A penile fracture is an extremely rare injury caused by the rupture of the Tunica albuginea , which envelops the corpus cavernosum penis....
  • Peyronie's disease
    Peyronie's disease

    Peyronie's disease is a connective tissue disorder involving the growth of fibrous plaques in the soft tissue of the penis affecting as many as 1-4% of men....
  • phimosis
    Phimosis

    Phimosis is a condition where the foreskin cannot be fully retracted from the head of the penis. The word derives from the Greek language phimos ....
  • prostatitis
    Prostatitis

    Prostatitis is an inflammation of the prostate gland, in men. A prostatitis diagnosis is assigned at 8% of all urologist and 1% of all primary care physician visits in the United States....
  • prostate cancer
    Prostate cancer

    Prostate cancer is a disease in which cancer develops in the prostate, a gland in the male reproductive system. It occurs when cell s of the prostate Mutation and begin to multiply out of control....
  • spermatocele
    Spermatocele

    Spermatocele is a retention cyst of a tubule of the rete testis or the head of the epididymis distended with a milky fluid that contains spermatozoa....
  • testicular cancer
    Testicular cancer

    Testicular cancer is cancer that develops in the testicles, a part of the male reproductive system.In the United States, between 7,500 and 8,000 diagnoses of testicular cancer are made each year....
  • testicular torsion
    Testicular torsion

    In testicular torsion the spermatic cord that provides the blood supply to a testicle is twisted, cutting off the blood supply, often causing orchialgia....
  • varicocele
    Varicocele

    Varicocele is an abnormal enlargement of the veins in the scrotum draining the testicles. The testicular blood vessels originate in the abdomen and course down through the inguinal canal as part of the spermatic cord on their way to the testis....


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