Andrology

Short description: Medical specialty

AndrologistOccupation

Names| Doctor, medical specialist

Occupation type

| Specialty

Activity sectors

| Medicines
Description

Education required

* Doctor of Medicine
* Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
* Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery

Fields of
employment

| Hospitals, clinics

Andrology (from Ancient Greek:, anēr, genitive ἀνδρός, andros 'man' and -λογία, -logia) is a name for 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 female health, especially reproductive and urologic health.

## Contents

* 1 Process
* 2 History
* 3 See also
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## Process

Andrology covers anomalies in the connective tissues pertaining to the genitalia, as well as changes in the volume of cells, such as in genital hypertrophy or macrogenitosomia.[1]

From reproductive and urologic viewpoints, male-specific medical and surgical procedures include vasectomy, vasovasostomy (one of the vasectomy reversal procedures), orchidopexy, circumcision, sperm/semen cryopreservation, surgical sperm retrieval, semen analysis (for fertility or post-vasectomy), sperm preparation for assisted reproductive technology (ART) as well as intervention to deal with male genitourinary disorders such as the following:

* 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

## History

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.[2] The next specialty journal covering both the basic and clinical andrology was the International Journal of Andrology, established in 1978, which became the official journal of the European Academy of Andrology in 1992. In 1980 the American Society of Andrology launched the Journal of Andrology. In 2012, these two society journals merged into one premier journal in the field, named Andrology, with the first issue published in January 2013.[3]

## See also

* Men's health
* Reproductive health
* Urology

## References

1. ↑ Thelander, Hulda E., and Mollie Cholffin. "Neonatal cortical insufficiency (Addison's disease) associated with the adrenogenital syndrome." The Journal of Pediatrics 18.6 (1941): 779-792.
2. ↑ Social Studies of Science (1990) 20, p. 32
3. ↑ Meistrich ML & Huhtaniemi IT (2012). "'ANDROLOGY'– The New Journal of the American Society of Andrology and the European Academy of Andrology.". International Journal of Andrology 35 (2): 107–108. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2605.2012.01261.x. PMID 22413740.

## External links

* Andrology journal
* American Society of Andrology
* European Academy of Andrology
* British Andrology Society
* International Society of Andrology
* Andrology Australia

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Reproductive health

Rights|

* Compulsory sterilization
* Contraceptive security
* Genital integrity
* Circumcision controversies
* Genital modification and mutilation
* Intersex

Education|

* Genetic counseling
* Pre-conception counseling
* Sex education

Planning|

* Assisted reproductive technology
* Birth control
* Childfree/Childlessness
* Parenting
* Adoption
* Childbirth
* Foster care
* Safe sex

Health|

* Men's
* Women's
* Vulvovaginal
* Research
* Self-report sexual risk behaviors

Pregnancy|

* Abortion
* Birth spacing
* Maternal health
* Obstetrics
* Options counseling
* Pregnancy from rape
* Pregnant patients' rights
* Prenatal care
* Teenage pregnancy
* Preteen pregnancy
* Unintended pregnancy

Medicine|

* Andrology
* Genitourinary medicine
* Gynaecology
* Obstetrics and gynaecology
* Reproductive endocrinology and infertility
* Sexual medicine

Disorder|

* Disorders of sex development
* Infertility
* Reproductive system disease
* Sexual dysfunction
* Sexually transmitted infection
* Clinic

By country|

* China
* India
* Iran
* Ireland
* Pakistan
* Philippines
* Singapore
* United Kingdom
* Teen
* United States
* Teen pregnancy
* Birth control

History|

* Birth control movement in the United States
* History of condoms
* Social hygiene movement
* Timeline of reproductive rights legislation

Policy|

* One-child policy
* Two-child policy
* Financial
* Baby bonus
* Bachelor tax
* Child benefit
* Tax on childlessness

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