Oxford Medical Clinic: Urology department

Doctors in the urology department perform the following interventions for prostate diseases:

• Puncture of the prostate with ultrasound control;
• Monopolar and bipolar TUR of the prostate;
• Adenomectomy is an operation that removes part or the entire prostate.

The surgeons in the urology department provide such interventions for urethra and bladder:

• TUR — it is an endoscopic, diagnostic and therapeutic procedure for collecting samples or removing malignant tissue from the lower urinary tract (bladder cancer);
• TVT plastic is a surgical procedure in urogynecology for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence. During the operation, the surgeon uses a tension-free vaginal tape (abbreviated as TVT), which is composed of polypropylene;
• Biopsy;
• Grinding stones with a laser;
• Urethrotomy;
• Resection of urethral warts, strictures.

Surgeons in the urology department provide such interventions for external genitalia:

• Winckelmann’s operation — intended for patients with varicocele (dropsy of the testicular membranes). After this surgical intervention, no fluid is formed inside the testicle;
• Bergman’s operation — the urological surgeon makes a 3 cm skin incision on the scrotum, opens the membranes and removes parts of the walls of the water sac. The operation is intended for patients with a complicated variant of hydrocele (thickened walls of the membranes);
• Ivanisevich’s operation — the urological surgeon identifies and ligates the testicular vein. This prevents blood from flowing towards the scrotum. Indication for surgery — varicocele;
• Meato- and ligamentotomy — dissection of the external opening of the urethra or ligaments in order to expand the canal;
• Excision of genital warts, fibrous plaques;
• Orchiectomy — surgical intervention with the removal of the testicle.

Oxford Medical surgeons perform the following urological procedures on the kidneys and ureters:

• Lithotripsy — destructing and removing stones;
• Nephropexy — fixation of the kidney to the retroperitoneal tissues using open or laparoscopic access;
• Nephrectomy — complete removal of the kidney with adjacent tissue and lymph nodes;
• Fixing of stents and nephrostomy;
• Puncture and resection of the cyst;
• Plastic surgery of the urinary tract and renal pelvis;
• Excision of strictures in ureter and it’s removal.