UROLOGY

Urologic surgery focuses on the urinary tracts of males and females, and on the reproductive system of males. Urology surgery is the integration of surgical activities for the pelvis-the colon, urogenital, and gynecological organs-primarily for the treatment of obstructions, dysfunction, malignancies, and inflammatory diseases.

Treatments

• Renal (kidney) surgery
• Kidney removal (nephrectomy)
• Surgery of the ureters, including ureterolithotomy or removal of calculus (stones) in the ureters
• Bladder surgery
• Pelvic lymph node dissection
• Prostatic surgery, removal of the prostate
• Testicular (scrotal) surgery
• Urethra surgery
• Surgery to the penis
• Robotic prostatectomies
• Robotic nephrectomies