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Treatments

The Urology Center offers the full range of treatments performed by experienced physicians, including:

• Robot-assisted surgery
  

• Laser surgery
  • Stone treatment for kidneys, ureters
  • Ureteral stricture treatment
  • Ablation of tumors

• Laparoscopic surgery
  • Adrenalectomy - partial and radical

• Treating Adrenal conditions
  • Laparoscopic adrenalectomy - partial & bilateral

• Treating Bladder conditions
  • TUR bladder tumor
  • Laser ablation of bladder tumor
  • Intravesical chemotherapy
  • Radical surgery with removal of bladder (cystectomy)
  • Urinary diversion - ileal conduit, orthotopic neobladder, catheterizable neobladder
  • Slings and other repair
  • Injection of bulking agents (collagen, durasphere, deflux)
  • Cystolitholapaxy (laser or mechanical breakage of stones)

• Treating kidney conditions
  • Blockages inside the kidney
  • Cyst ablation / unroofin
  • Nephrectomy - partial & radical -
  • Kidney donation
  • Removal of non-functioning kidney (non-cancerous)
  • Laparoscopic kidney removal
  • Tumor cryoablation
    
  • Tumor radiofrequency ablation
  • Pyeloplasty
  • ESWL / Ureteroscopy
  • Stone treatment - laser
  • Organ-preserving treatment
  • Removal of kidney cysts
  • Retrograde intrarenal surgery
  • Percutaneous renal surgery
  • Autotransplantation
  • Kidney transplantation

• Treating penile conditions
  • Circumcision
  • Penile prothesis

• Treating prostate conditions
  • TURP
  • Transurethral Electro-Vaporization of the Prostate (TUEVAP)
  • Transurethral Microwave Technology (TUMT)
  • Greenlight PVP, holmium laser
  • Prostate cancer treatment
  • Robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy
  • Radiation therapy
  • Removal of lymph nodes
  • Laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (removal of the prostate gland)

• Treating scrotal conditions
  • Removal of hydroceles, spermatoceles
  • Ligation of varicoceles
  • Vasectomy

• Treating testicular conditions
  • Orchidopexy (fixation)
  • Orchiectomy (removal)

• Treating Ureteral conditions
  • Stone treatment - laser
  • Stricture incision using lasers
  • Stent placement
  • Ureteral reimplantation
  • Ureter stone treatments:Minimally Invasive Ureteroscopic Stone Fragmentation and Removal (URS); Minimally Invasive Retrograde Intrarenal Surgery (RIRS); Percutaneous Nephrolithotripsy (PCNL)
  • Ileal ureteral substitution

• Treating Urethral conditions
  • Incision of uretheral strictures using laser

• Treating Vaginal conditions
  • Sacrocolpopexy
  • Repair of pelvic organ prolapse