Andrology

Andrologist

Occupation
Names	Doctor, medical specialist
Occupation type	Specialty
Activity sectors	Medicine
Description
Education required	Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
Fields of employment	Hospitals, clinics

Andrology (from Ancient Greek: ἀνήρ, anēr, genitive ἀνδρός, andros, "man"; and -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 also known as "the science of men". It is the counterpart to gynaecology, which deals with medical issues which are specific to the female reproductive system. However, unlike gynaecology, which has a plethora of medical board certification programs worldwide, andrology has none. 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 include vasectomy, vasovasostomy (one of the vasectomy reversal procedures), orchidopexy and circumcision as well as intervention to deal with male genitourinary disorders such as the following:

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Human male anatomy

• Balanitis
• Carcinoma of the penis
• Cryptorchidism
• Epididymitis
• Epispadias
• Erectile dysfunction
• Frenulum breve
• Hydrocele
• Hypospadias
• Infertility
• Micropenis
• Orchitis
• Paraphimosis
• Penile fracture
• Peyronie's disease
• Phimosis
• Post-vasectomy pain syndrome
• Priapism
• Prostate cancer
• Prostatitis
• Retrograde ejaculation
• Seminal vesiculitis
• Spermatocele
• Testicular cancer
• Testicular torsion
• Varicocele

See also

• Men's health
• Reproductive health
• Urology

External links

• American Society of Andrology
• British Andrology Society
• International Society of Andrology
• Andrology Australia