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These pages offer free, up-to-date information on all major areas of urology. While the English translation from the original German version is still in progress, detailed descriptions of the most important urological diseases are already available. The goal: clear, structured knowledge for clinical practice and medical education.

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About the Author

Dr. Dirk Manski studied medicine at the Free University of Berlin. He received his doctorate in 2002 at the University of Erlangen with a thesis on collagen VI signal transduction in mesenchymal cells, supervised by Prof. Dr. Dr. Schuppan. He completed his urology residency at the Charité Berlin and Klinikum Kempten in Bavaria.

From 2006 to 2014, Dr. Manski served as an attending urologist at the University Hospital Augsburg. Since 2015, he has been working as a urologist in private practice and as an attending physician at the Stadtklinik Diako in Augsburg.

His clinical focus includes endourology, urooncology, laparoscopy and reconstructive surgery.

Dr. Manski is the author and editor of www.urology-textbook.com, which he has been developing and managing since 2014 to provide high-quality, evidence-based urological education. PDF Abstract.

What is Urology?

Urology is a surgical and medical specialty that deals with the basics, diagnosis, and treatment of urinary tract and sexual organs diseases. The urologist thus treats diseases of the kidneys, ureters, bladder, urethra, testes, prostate, penis, and adrenal glands. Each organ can be affected by congenital diseases, infections, trauma, benign diseases, or malignant tumors.

Imaging in urology: point-of-care ultrasound is usually performed by urologists.

Endoscopic diagnostic and therapeutic procedures are cornerstones of urology.

Urology is a surgical discipline with many endoscopic, laparoscopic, and open-surgical procedures.

Credits

I would like to thank the following contributors for providing images:

• Dr. med. A. Altenburger, Radiologie Augsburg Friedberg ÜBAG
• Dr. med. G. Antes (Kempten)
• A. Bayerlein, Urologische Gemeinschaftspraxis Augsburg
• Prof. Dr. K. Bohndorf (Augsburg)
• Dr. P. Buchgeister, Zentrum für integrative Medizin, Karlsruhe.
• Prof. Dr. Cohnen (Neuss)
• Dr. H.-P. Engels, Radiologie im Zentrum, Augsburg.
• Dr. med. M. Fretschner, Urologische Gemeinschaftspraxis Augsburg
• E. Georgas (Neuss)
• Dr. med. F. Jacob (Augsburg)
• Dr. med. R. Gumpinger (Kempten)
• Dr. J. Haak, Urologische Gemeinschaftspraxis, Königsbrunn.
• Prof. Dr. med. R. Harzmann (Augsburg)
• Dr. med. C. Hornig (Augsburg)
• Dr. med. J. Hornig (Augsburg)
• Dr. med. H. Kempter (Augsburg)
• Prof. Dr. T. Kröncke (Augsburg)
• Dr. M. Krönke, Die Radiologie, München.
• Dr. med. U. Löffler (Augsburg)
• Dr. med. R. Mayer (Kempten)
• J. Menzinger (München)
• M. Miller, Urologische Gemeinschaftspraxis Augsburg
• Dr. med. T. Nippold, Urologische Gemeinschaftspraxis Augsburg
• Dr. med. A. Passon Urologische Gemeinschaftspraxis, Fürstenfeldbruck
• Pathologicum Augsburg: Prof. Dr. Stömmer, Dr. Erhardt & Kollegen
• Prof. Dr. Otto (Neuss)
• Dr. F. Pauli (Augsburg)
• Dr. H. Ruhnke, Radiologie im Zentrum, Augsburg.
• Dr. med. J. Rothamel, Urologische Gemeinschaftspraxis Augsburg
• Dr. med. F. Schmidt (Heidenheim)
• Dr. J. Schönebeck (Ljungby, Schweden)
• N. Wagner (Schwabmünchen)
• Prof. Dr. med. D. Weckermann (Augsburg)
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• American Medical Systems (Minnetonka, USA)
• Johnson and Johnson MEDICAL GmbH (Norderstedt)

I would like to thank you for your numerous corrections and suggestions:

• M. Adam (Kempten)
• Dr. med. A. Beck (Freiburg)
• Dr. Chr. Bannert (Augsburg)
• Dr. med. Chr. Bode (Jena)
• S. Bröker (Augsburg)
• Dr. P. Buchgeister (Karlsruhe)
• Dr. med. M. Feigl (München)
• S. Felber (Heidenheim)
• Dr. med. K. Fiebig (Hamburg)
• Dr. med. M. Fretschner (Augsburg)
• M. Gasteiger (Augsburg)
• Dr. med. Mark Glasauer (Heilbronn)
• Dr. med. J. Göckschu (Hamburg)
• Dr. med. M. Goppelt (Fürstenfeldbruck)
• Dr. med. J. Haak (Königsbrunn)
• Dr. med. T. Hecker (Leutkirch)
• A. Heid (Augsburg)
• S. Hild (Stuttgart)
• S. Hoffmeister (Stadtbergen)
• Dr. med. G. Holl (Berlin)
• Dr. med. C. Hornig (Augsburg)
• Dr. med. M. Jahr (Göttingen)
• Dr. med. M. Kamps (Freiburg)
• Dr. med. H. Kempter (Augsburg)
• Dr. rer. nat. M. Lengsfeld (Kempten)
• Dr. med. U. Löffler (Augsburg)
• Dr. med. C. Maassen (Augsburg)
• Dr. med. M. Maek (Essen)
• Dr.-Ing. D. Manski (Jagsthausen)
• Dr.-Ing. R. Manski (Bad Kissingen)
• J. Marturana (Augsburg)
• Dr. med. C. Meiss (Augsburg)
• J. Menzinger (München)
• D. Mörike (Augsburg)
• M. Müller (Augsburg)
• Dr. med. H. Munding (Augsburg)
• Dr. med. T. Nippold (Augsburg)
• Dr. med. A. Passon (Fürstenfeldbruck)
• U. Plinninger (Augsburg)
• Dr. med. W. Remmele (Basel)
• Dr. med. J. Rothamel (Augsburg)
• Dr. med. M. Schmiedle (Wangen)
• Dr. med. F. Schmidt (Heidenheim)
• Dr. med. M. Schnitzler (Kempten)
• Dr. med. M. Schönberger (Konstanz)
• Dr. med. univ. K. Schubert (Wien)
• Dr. med. B. Schwab (Hamburg)
• D. Schwall (Mannheim)
• Dr. med. U. Sonntag (Augsburg)
• Dr. med. M. Thalgott (München)
• Dr. med. W. Unkhür (Augsburg)
• N. Wagner (Schwabmünchen)
• Prof. Dr. med. D. Weckermann (Augsburg)
• Dr. med (UBA) F. L. Zeller (Bonn)
• R. Ziegler (Augsburg)

Literature

American Urological Association Guidelines: https://www.auanet.org/guidelines-and-quality/guidelines

European Association of Urology Guidelines. Full text printed edition 2022. ISBN 978-94-92671-16-5 or online https://uroweb.org/guidelines

J. A. Smith, S. S. Howards, G. M. Preminger, and R. R. Dmochowski, Hinman’s Atlas of Urologic Surgery Revised Reprint. Elsevier, 2019.

A. W. Partin, C. A. Peters, L. R. Kavoussi, R. R. Dmochowski, and A. J. Wein, Campbell-Walsh-Wein Urology, 12th ed. ISBN-13: 978-1455775675: Elsevier, 2020.

  Deutsche Version: Online Lehrbuch der Urologie