Urologic conditions treated include:
- Benign prostatic hyperlasia (BPH)
- Bladder dysfunction and voiding difficulties
- Erectile dysfunction
- Female urology (urinary incontinence, pelvic prolapse, interstitial cystitis)
- Hematuria (blood in the urine)
- Infectious disease of the genitourinary tract (prostatitis, cystitis, urethritis)
- Kidney, bladder, prostate, and testes tumors, benign and malignant
- Kidney stones
- Neurogenic bladder in spinal cord injury patients and patients with multiple sclerosis
- Urinary incontinence
- Trauma to the kidney, bladder, ureters, and genitalia
- Urethral strictures (reconstructive surgery)
Comprehensive evaluations include:
- Cystoscopy (evaluation of hematuria - blood in the urine)
- Fluoroscopy (evaluation of the urinary collecting system for obstruction and tumors)
- Microurinalysis (evaluation for blood in the urine and urinary tract infection)
- Pelvic examination (evaluation of incontinence and pelvic prolapse)
- Prostate cancer screening (with digital rectal examination) and PSA (Prostate Specific Antigen)
- Prostate ultrasound (for prostate sizing and prostate biopsy)
- Retrograde urethrograms (evaluation of urethral strictures)
- Urodynamics with fluoroscopy (evaluation of voiding dysfunction)
Additional procedures include:
- Laparoscopic surgery
- Prostate biopsy
- Therapeutic injections
- Urinary tract reconstruction
- Urodynamics
- Vasectomy
The full services of UW Medicine are also available for other specialty services or hospitalization.