Urology Services at UPMC
Our network of urologists at UPMC diagnose and treat a wide range of urologic conditions in adults and children. We provide specialised services and treatment options including:
- Bladder exstrophy: treatment for a birth defect where bladder forms outside the foetuss
- Brachytherapy: cancer treatment where doctors place radioactive materials inside the body
- Cystoscopy: test to examine lining of bladder and urethra
- Lithotripsy and Extracorporeal Shockwave Lithotripsy (ESL): For renal colic (pain when stones block part of the urinary tract). This non-invasive procedure dissolves obstructive bladder and ureteric stones using sonic waves. ESL is performed by the urologists at UPMC Aut Even.
- Genital oncology: cancer treatment for genitals
- Neuro-urology.
- Sparc Sling: sling surgeries for stress incontinence
- Trans-urethral injections: procedure to help control urinary incontinence
- Ureteroscopy: procedure to examine upper urinary tract
- Brachytherapy for Prostate Cancer
- Circumcision: surgical removal of foreskin
- Hydrocoele repair: surgery to correct swelling of scrotum
- Orchidectomy: removal of one or both testicles
- Penile implants: treatment for erectile dysfunction
- Prostate biopsy: samples of prostate tissue to examine for cancer
- Prostatectomy: removal of some or all of prostate
- Prostatitis: inflammation of the prostate treatments
- TRUS biopsy: needle biopsy to look for cancer in prostate)
- TURP and Green Light Laser TURP: surgical methods of removing tissue from prostate
- Urodynamics.
- Varicocele repair: surgery to remove enlarged veins in scrotum
- Vasectomy and vasectomy reversal.
How to Make a Urology Appointment
Ask your GP for a referral to a UPMC location near you.
Our locations include:
UPMC Kildare Hospital, Clane
Tel: 045-982300
UPMC Aut Even Hospital, Kilkenny
Tel: 056-7775275
UPMC Whitfield Hospital, Waterford
Tel: 051-337400
UPMC Outreach Centre – Carlow
Tel: 059-9140236