Urology

Conditions

Please note this is not an exhaustive list of all conditions for outpatient services and does not exclude consideration for referral unless specifically stipulated in the out of scope section.

Paediatric services

Referrals for children and young people should follow the Children’s Health Queensland referral guidelines.

If any of the following are present or suspected, phone 000 to arrange immediate transfer to the emergency department or seek emergent medical advice if in a remote region.

• Acute/severe renal or ureteric colic
• Acute renal or ureteric colic with obstruction and/or infection
• Acute urinary retention
• Urinary tract and genital trauma
• Urinary tract sepsis or severe infection
• Severe urinary tract bleeding
• Autonomic dysreflexia
• Foreign bodies
• Priapism
• Acute scrotal pain/ torsion of the testes
• Severe genital infection e.g. Fournier’s gangrene/epididymo-orchitis
• Paraphimosis – unable to reduce

Out of scope services

Not all services are funded in the Queensland public health system. The following are not routinely provided in a public Urology service.

• Circumcision for cosmetic reasons
• Aesthetic surgery
• Sexually transmitted infections– refer sexual health clinic
• Genital ulcers and warts – refer sexual health clinic provided verrucous carcinoma is excluded
• Vasectomy and vasectomy reversal
• Ejaculatory disorders
• Catheter change/maintenance
• Proteinuria – refer nephrology
• Small epididymal cysts <2cm
• Asymptomatic simple renal cyst

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