The WikiDoc Living Textbook of Kidney and Urologic Diseases
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Click Here For A Complete Listing Of All Chapters In The Living Textbook Of Kidney And Urologic Disease In Alphabetical Order
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Anatomy and Physiology
Human physiology and endocrinology of reproduction | |
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| Anatomy and physiology | Reproductive system (male, female) |
| Menstrual/Estrous cycle | Menstruation - Follicular phase - Ovulation - Luteal phase |
| Gametogenesis | Spermatogenesis (spermatogonium, spermatocyte, spermatid, sperm) - Oogenesis (oogonium, oocyte, ootid, ovum) - Germ cell (gonocyte, gamete) |
| Sexuality | Human sexual behavior - Sexual intercourse - Erection - Ejaculation - Orgasm - Insemination - Fertilisation/Fertility - Masturbation - Pregnancy - Postpartum period |
| Lifespan | Prenatal development - Sexual dimorphism - Sexual differentiation - Puberty (Menarche, Adrenarche) - Maternal age/Paternal age - Climacteric (Menopause, Andropause) |
| Eggs | Ovum - Oviposition - Oviparity - Ovoviviparity - Viviparity |
| Reproductive endocrinology | Hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis - Andrology - Hormone |
Embryology
Disease States
Congenital Disease States
Congenital malformations and deformations of genital organs and urinary system (Q50-Q64, 752-753) | |
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| Genital organs (overview) | female: Uterine malformation - Mullerian agenesis - Uterine didelphys - Clitoromegaly
male: Cryptorchidism - Hypospadias - Chordee - Monorchism - Micropenis - Penile agenesis Pseudohermaphroditism |
| Urinary system | kidney/ureter: Renal agenesis/Potter syndrome, Papillorenal syndrome - cystic (Polycystic kidney disease, Meckel syndrome, Multicystic dysplastic kidney) - Ectopic ureter - Horseshoe kidney - Renal ectopia
bladder/urethra: Epispadias - Bladder exstrophy urachus: Urachal cyst |
| See also non-congenital reproductive and urinary conditions (N, 580-629) | |
Pharmacotherapy
Urologicals (G04) | |
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| Acidifiers | Ammonium chloride, Calcium chloride |
| Urinary antispasmodics (primarily antimuscarinics) | Darifenacin, Emepronium, Fesoterodine, Flavoxate, Meladrazine, Oxybutynin, Propiverine, Solifenacin, Terodiline, Tolterodine, Trospium |
| For erectile dysfunction | prostaglandins: Alprostadil
PDE5 inhibitors: Avanafil - Sildenafil - Tadalafil - Udenafil - Vardenafil alpha blockers: Moxisylyte - Phentolamine - Yohimbine others: Apomorphine - Papaverine |
| Other urologicals | Acetohydroxamic acid, Collagen, Dimethyl sulfoxide, Magnesium hydroxide, Pentosan polysulfate, Phenazopyridine, Phenyl salicylate, Succinimide |
| For benign prostatic hypertrophy | 5α-reductase inhibitors: Dutasteride, Finasteride Alpha blockers: Alfuzosin, Doxazosin, Silodosin, Tamsulosin, Terazosin |
Surgery
Urogenital surgical and other procedures (ICD-9-CM V3 55-71) | |
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| Urinary system | kidney: Nephrostomy - Nephrectomy - Kidney transplantation - Nephropexy
ureter: Ureteroscopy - Ureterostomy - Urinary diversion - Ureterosigmoidostomy urinary bladder: Cystectomy (Suprapubic cystostomy) - Cystoscopy |
| Reproductive system - male | prostate: Prostatectomy (Transurethral resection of the prostate)
vas deferens: Vasectomy - Vasovasostomy penis: Circumcision - Penectomy - Penile prosthesis testes: orchiectomy |
| Reproductive system - female (gynecological surgery) | ovary: Oophorectomy
fallopian tubes: Tubal ligation - Salpingectomy uterus: Hysterotomy - Hysteroscopy - Pelvic exenteration - Hysterectomy - Vacuum aspiration vagina: Culdocentesis - Hymenotomy - Vaginectomy vulva: Vulvectomy - Colposcopy |
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Acknowledgement and Attribution Regarding Sources of Content
Some of the initial content on this page may be incorporated in part from copyleft sources in the public domain including wikis such as Wikipedia and AskDrWiki. Drug information for patients came from the The National Library of Medicine. Infectious disease information may have come from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Differential Diagnoses are drawn from clinicians as well as an amalgamation of 3 sources: 1.The Disease Database; 2. Kahan, Scott, Smith, Ellen G. In A Page: Signs and Symptoms. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, 2004:3; 3. Sailer, Christian, Wasner, Susanne. Differential Diagnosis Pocket. Hermosa Beach, CA: Borm Bruckmeir Publishing LLC, 2002:7 .
