Epidemiologia della patologia urologica: I dati della Sanità Militare: Epidemiology of urological pathologies: Medicals Corps data

In this paper, the Author indicates the incidence of urogenital pathologies in conscripts at the moment of the selective visit, which involves two categories of military personnel: a) personnel for compulsory enlistment, b) personnel for volontary enlistment, each with its own juridic state and different criteria of assessment. The task of military legal medicine is not only to select generally suitable individuals, but also those in good health at the beginning of the service and who must remain so in relation to the specific job. During these selective visits a considerable number of cases have been found in particular of pathologies involving the urogenital system. The Author examines the list of illnesses and imperfections and in particular those pertaining to section 29 and 35 regarding pathologies of urogenital system. The study was carried out on a sample of young men doing their National Service in the six-year period from ‘88-'93, who were visited in the hospitals of Verona, Padua and Udine.