UROLOGY AND GENITOURINARY SURGERY

Our Urologists deal with diseases, trauma and congenital abnormalities of the kidney, bladder, genitalia and urinary tract as well as male sexual and reproductive health. Urology combines the management of many non-surgical problems, such as urinary infections, and surgical problems such as the correction of incontinence, prostate problems and the treatment of cancer.

The principal sub-specialities of urological surgery we have here are

    Endourology – specialists in dealing with prostate, bladder and kidney conditions, particularly kidney stones via minimally-invasive “closed” techniques using telescopes rather than open surgery.

 Urological oncology – The treatment of five cancers – prostate, bladder, kidney, testicular and penile cancer.

 Female and reconstructive urology – the investigation and treatment of bladder symptoms and incontinence in women and those with neurological disorders, such as spinal injury and multiple sclerosis in both sexes.

 Andrology – the counterpart of gynaecology, deals with conditions of male sexual health. This includes impotence and conditions of the penis.

Common operations in our Urology department are

Endoscopic (telescopic) procedures:

•     Diagnostic examination of the bladder (cystoscopy)
•     Resection and ablation (destruction) of the prostate with lasers or heat
•     Removal of bladder tumours
•     Treatment of bladder and kidney stones

 Besides, Open procedures such as :

•     Circumcision
•     Vasectomy
•     Hydrocoele (water on the testis)
•     Removal of the prostate, kidney or bladder for cancer
•     Removal of kidney for stone or infection
•     Diversion of urine into a stoma (ileal conduit or bag)
•     Reconstruction of the bladder following its removal
•     Reconstruction of the urethra (water passage) after damage (urethroplasty) are also performed.