Urologic

Radical prostatectomy removes the entire prostate gland and the seminal vesicles, usually together with nearby lymph nodes, as a t...

Vasectomy is a permanent method of male contraception in which the vas deferens, the tubes that carry sperm from the testicles, ar...

Transurethral resection of the prostate, known as TURP, is a surgical treatment for urinary symptoms caused by benign prostatic hy...

Nephrectomy is the surgical removal of a kidney. A radical nephrectomy removes the entire kidney, often with surrounding fat and s...

Radical cystectomy is the removal of the entire urinary bladder, most often for muscle invasive bladder cancer or high risk non mu...

Ureteroscopy is an endoscopic procedure in which a thin telescope is passed through the urethra and bladder into the ureter and so...

Percutaneous nephrolithotomy, often called PCNL, removes kidney stones through a small tract made directly through the skin of the...

Circumcision is the surgical removal of the foreskin, the fold of skin covering the head of the penis. It is one of the oldest kno...

Orchiopexy is an operation to move an undescended testicle into the scrotum and fix it there. Undescended testis, or cryptorchidis...