[Geriatric assessment in urology].

The geriatric patient is characterized by his age, multimorbidity, and multimedication. This results in a particular vulnerability, which requires "geriatric" methods, also in urology. Modern urology is dominated by prescriptive laboratory values, imaging features, or histologic results. However, this does not comply with the requirements of the geriatric patient, with his functional deficits, abilities, capabilities, and skills. In this context, screening methods provide the possibility to identify such patients. Reliable and valid precisely targeted assessments make it possible to detect these functional deficits. Basic assessments analyze typical problem areas of geriatric patients, such as mobility, autonomy, urinary incontinence, activities of daily life, cognition, and others. Additional assessments are used in cases of special issues such as depression or malnutrition.