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- UrologyAcute Bacterial ProstatitisAcute bacterial prostatitis (ABP) is an acute bacterial infection of the prostate that typically causes fever or systemic illness together with pelvic/perineal pain and lower urinary tract symptoms. Enteric Gram-negat…12 min read
- UrologyAcute Urinary Retention in AdultsAcute urinary retention (AUR) is the sudden inability to void despite a distended bladder. It is a urologic urgency because prolonged obstruction can cause severe pain, infection, hematuria, acute kidney injury, hydro…13 min read
- UrologyBenign Prostatic Hyperplasia and Male Lower Urinary Tract SymptomsMale lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) are a syndrome, not a diagnosis. Storage symptoms include urgency, frequency, nocturia, and urgency incontinence; voiding symptoms include weak stream, hesitancy, intermittency…12 min read
- UrologyNephrolithiasis (Kidney and Ureteral Stones)Nephrolithiasis is formation of calculi in the kidney or ureter. The immediate clinical task is not simply to confirm a stone; it is to identify infected obstruction, anuria, threatened renal function, a solitary func…19 min read
- UrologyProstate Cancer in AdultsProstate cancer is predominantly an adenocarcinoma of the peripheral prostate and ranges from indolent localized disease that may never threaten life to rapidly progressive metastatic cancer. Management is therefore d…18 min read
- UrologyTesticular TorsionTesticular torsion is rotation of the spermatic cord causing venous obstruction, progressive edema, impaired arterial inflow, ischemia, and possible testicular infarction. It is a surgical emergency. The classic patte…13 min read