Surgical Procedures

Anterior repair of vaginal prolapse: A surgery that tightens the front wall of the vagina.

Bladder suspensions: A surgical procedure to lift or hoist the bladder up to its proper position.

Circumcision: Removal of the foreskin on the penis.

Radical cystectomy: A treatment for bladder cancer. It calls for the removal of the entire bladder, lymph nodes, part of the urethra and nearby organs that contains cancer cells.

Cystoscopy: A test that allows a physician to examine the inside of the bladder.

Ureteroscopy: An examination of the upper urinary tract.

Implantable penile prostheses: Learn More

Lithotripsy/ESWL: Learn More

Radical prostatectomy: Surgical removal of the entire prostate and some of the tissue surrounding it.

Open radical retropubic prostatectomy: The surgical removal of the entire prostate by means of an incision in the abdomen.

Laparoscopic prostatectomy: Learn More

da Vinci robotic-assisted prostatectomy: Learn More

Radical & partial nephrectomy: The radical procedure calls for the removal of the complete kidney. A partial nephrectomy is when the surgeon removes the tumor but spares the kidney.

Open (radical or partial) nephrectomy: Requires a large incision to remove the kidney or tumor.

Laparascopic (radical or partial) nephrectomy: Uses a small camera to view inside abdominal cavity and a small incision to remove the malignant (cancerous) kidney or tumor inside the kidney. – da Vinci robotic-assisted laparoscopic

Radical orchiectomy: Learn More

Transurethral resection of prostate (TURP): Learn More

Vasectomy reversal: Learn More