Urology

The construction of the Urology specialty at Zhejiang Hospital began in 1988. The department currently has 30 beds, 3 chief physicians, 2 associate chief physicians, 2 doctors with PhDs, and 10 doctors with master's degrees. The department is equipped with advanced domestic and international diagnostic and treatment equipment, including a Storz high-definition laparoscopic system, a Zeiss surgical microscope, a K-Med high-power holmium laser system, Olympus and Storz plasma electrosurgical systems, Olympus and Storz electronic flexible ureteroscopes, an SMP percutaneous nephroscope, an extracorporeal shock wave lithotripter, a Siemens C-arm system, a Hitachi biplane ultrasound-guided puncture system, a urodynamic testing instrument, and a stone composition analyzer. Over the past two years, our department has further strengthened the subspecialty development related to the diagnosis and treatment of andrological diseases and has acquired a Rigiscan penile erection rigidity tester, a multiparameter male function analyzer, and a male sexual function rehabilitation treatment instrument.

The scope of medical care covers the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases caused by anatomical, physiological, and pathological abnormalities of the adrenal glands, urinary system (both kidneys, bilateral ureters, bladder, and urethra), and male reproductive system (testes, epididymides, vas deferens, seminal vesicles, prostate, etc.). Common types of diseases in the specialty include: adrenal diseases (hyperplasia, cysts, and solid tumors, etc., often accompanied by endocrine and blood pressure abnormalities, etc.); diseases of the kidneys, ureters, bladder, and urethra (common conditions include trauma, infection, calculi, tumors, cysts, strictures, hydronephrosis, malformations, etc.); prostate diseases (common conditions include benign prostatic hyperplasia, chronic prostatitis, prostate cancer, etc.); and diseases of the male reproductive system (common conditions include male sexual dysfunction, infertility, testicular tumors, varicocele, induratio penis plastica, inflammation of the seminal vesicles and epididymides, etc.).