Urology

The urology department provides outpatient care and inpatient surgery for urinary and male reproductive disorders, including urinary stones, infections, tuberculosis, cancers, sexual dysfunction and congenital or structural conditions such as ureteropelvic junction narrowing, varicocele, hydrocele and foreskin disorders. The hospital says the department has operated for over 40 years and performed Hangzhou's first kidney transplant in the late 1970s. It has two chief and two associate chief physicians and equipment including high-power laser, X-ray and ultrasound-guided shock-wave lithotripsy, flexible ureteroscopy, plasma resection and cystoscopy. The department performs laparoscopic adrenalectomy, radical kidney, prostate and bladder cancer surgery, and laser enucleation of the prostate. For urinary stones it describes individualized use of Chinese herbal treatment, extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy, ureteroscopic lithotripsy or extraction and laparoscopic stone removal. Prostatic enlargement is treated with plasma resection or high-power laser enucleation. It works with the hospital tuberculosis center on diagnosis, operative timing and treatment of urogenital tuberculosis. Integrated Chinese-Western care is offered for erectile dysfunction, premature ejaculation, reduced libido and hematospermia. Research focuses on minimally invasive and integrated treatment of urinary stones, surgery for urogenital tuberculosis, minimally invasive treatment of prostatic enlargement and male sexual dysfunction. Conditions listed include kidney, ureteral and bladder stones; pyelonephritis, cystitis, prostatitis, epididymo-orchitis and male sexually transmitted infections such as gonorrhea; tuberculosis of the kidney, testis, epididymis or bladder; and kidney, bladder, testicular, prostate and penile cancers.