An Analysis of American Urological Association Census Trends: Earlier Planned Retirement and Practice Pattern Changes May Exacerbate the Urology Workforce Shortage.

Objective: To explore how changes in planned retirement age, practice setting, and physician productivity may impact the workforce shortage in urology.

Methods: We compared data between the 2015 and 2022 American Urological Association census, a specialty-wide annual survey which collects data on demographics, practice patterns, and procedures from a representative sample of U.S.

Early and late implications of COVID-19 on male reproductive health: 3 years of data.

Introduction: COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019), caused by SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2), has significantly affected global health. Research has shown that the virus can be found at high concentrations in male gonadal tissue. Yet, the virus's long-term implications on male reproductive health remains relatively unclear.