Surgical methods using endourological techniques can be carried out at Hermina Pasteur Hospital.

Endourological procedures are special procedures in the specialty field of urology that are carried out by making small incisions or even no incisions at all. Compared with conventional urological procedures or open surgery, endourology has a number of advantages. Endourology procedures are used to treat various conditions or disorders of the urinary tract or male reproductive organs. Apart from being a treatment, endourology can also be used by doctors to find out the causes and determine ways to prevent the recurrence of a disorder.

Various types of therapy can be carried out for indications of various endourological diseases, such as:

• Narrowing of the lower urinary tract

• Benign prostate enlargement

• Tumors of the bladder

• Urinary stones.

Anesthesia, in the form of general or spinal anesthesia, is performed first before carrying out endourological procedures. This endourology method is a minimally invasive procedure that will only make small incisions or no incisions at all during the procedure. When undergoing procedures with endourology, the patient can also see on the monitor screen what is happening.

Endourology procedures include:

• Urethroscopy: a procedure to look at the urethra to treat strictures (narrowing of the urethra)
• Cystoscopy: the procedure to look at the bladder as a treatment for stones or bladder tumors. Apart from that, this procedure is also an option for treating benign prostate enlargement (BPH) called TURP (transurethral recession of the prostate).

• Ureteroscopy: the procedure of observing the ureters to treat stones and tumors in the ureters (the channel between the kidneys and the bladder). Then, the procedure of installing a ureteral catheter (stent) or double J stent can also be done with this procedure.

• Nephroscopy: a procedure to look through the urinary tract to the kidneys to treat kidney stones and tumors.

If you have problems with the urinary tract or reproductive organs and want to know whether you are a suitable candidate to be treated with an endourology procedure, consult further with a Urology Specialist at Hermina Pasteur Hospital.