Urologic Surgery

Urology deals with the human genitourinary system. The genitourinary system basically refers to two major categories: The urinary and the genital system.

Urologic Surgery

UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES

Urologic surgical procedures performed at Apollonion Private Hospital:

  • Surgical procedures to treat kidney and ureteral cancer;
  • Surgical procedures to treat bladder cancer;
  • Surgical procedures to treat prostate cancer;
  • Surgical procedures to treat testicular cancer;
  • Surgical procedures to treat penile cancer;
  • Surgical procedures to treat kidney and ureter diseases;
  • Surgical procedures to treat lithiasis;
  • Surgical procedures for the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia;
  • Surgical procedures to treat urinary incontinence;
  • Surgical procedures for the treatment of diseases of the bladder neck and urethra;
  • Surgical procedures to treat infertility;
  • Surgical procedures to treat erectile dysfunction;
  • Surgical procedures to treat diseases of the male genital organs.

ROBOTIC UROLOGY PROCEDURES

Robotic kidney surgical procedures

  • Robotic simple nephrectomy, in a non-functioning prolapsed or hydronephrotic kidney;
  • Robotic radical nephrectomy in kidney cancer;
  • Robotic partial nephrectomy, in a kidney tumor up to 4 cm;
  • Robotic removal of symptomatic or large renal cysts;
  • Robotic nephropexy in symptomatic renal failure.

Robotic surgical procedures of renal pelvis and ureter

  • Robotic pyeloplasty, in pelvi-uretic junction stenosis in children and adults;
  • Robotic pyelolithotomy/ureterolithotomy, in stones that cannot be treated endoscopically;
  • Robotic nephroureterectomy, in transitional epithelial tumors of the renal pelvis and ureter;
  • Robotic ureterectomy and ureteral reimplantation, in injuries or malignancies of the lower third of the ureter;
  • Robotic removal of ureteral strictures and end-to-end anastomosis;

Robotic Adrenal Surgeries

  • Robotic adrenalectomy, in adrenal masses

Robotic surgical procedures of the bladder

  • Robotic cystectomy, in invasive tumors of the bladder;
  • Robotic diverticulectomy, in bladder diverticulum;
  • Robotic lymphadenectomy, in malignancies of the urinary tract.

Robotic Prostate Surgery

  • Robotic prostatectomy in locally localized prostate cancer

Robotic Testicular Surgical procedures

  • Robotic ligation of internal spermatic veins in varicocele;
  • Robotically-assisted retroperitoneal lymph node dissection (RPLND) in testicular cancer.