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Urogenital Surgical Procedures

Definition:	Surgery performed on the urinary tract or its organs and on the male or female genitalia.
Notes:	avoid: too inclusive; prefer GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES & specifics or UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES & specifics or UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MALE & specifics; consider also UROGENITAL SYSTEM /surg or /surg with specific urogenital syst terms; als

Urogenital Surgical Procedures Categories.

	Gynecologic Surgical Procedures - Surgery performed on the female genitalia.
	Urologic Surgical Procedures - Surgery performed on the urinary tract or its parts in the male or female. For surgery of the male genitalia, UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MALE is available.

Urogenital Surgical Procedures Definitions and Terms

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