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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
  • 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