EDITORIAL : Welcome from the Editor

Urology has long been firmly established as a distinct subspecialty in the field of surgery. Furthermore, there are now distinct ‘super-subspecialties’, such as reconstructive urology, renal transplantation, endourology, urooncology and paediatric urology. All these ‘super subspecialties’ are changing very rapidly. More than a century ago urology constituted a small component of surgery and was included with general surgery.