HelloMD.com: UROLOGY (URINARY AND
GENITAL SYSTEMS)

PROSTRATE CANCER
Cancer can also cause prostrate enlargement and
can result in all the symptoms stated above. All facilities for early
detection of prostrate cancer and various treatment modalities are
available backed by team of radiologists, pathologists and state of
art laboratory facilities. Various treatment options for prostate
cancer:-
- Minimal surgery:- Only a channel is created for the passage of
urine by introducing a Cystoscope.
- Hormonal Therapy:- Both the testes are removed surgically as
they secrete a hormone called testosterone on which the cancer of
prostate thrives. After this surgery the cancerous tissue starts
regressing very quickly.
- Radical removal of the prostrate gland:- Its is an extensive
Procedure during which the prostrate gland is removed by giving a
cut in the lower abdomen. It is a major surgery done only in
selected cases.
RENAL STONES
- Treatment of stones depends on various factors
- Location of stones in the urinary system
- Size and shape of stones
- Type of stones - whether uric acid stones or Calcium oxalate
stones
- Fitness of the patient
- Choice of the patient.
All the possible known procedures are carried
out by AMS Doctors. The selection of the procedure to be taken up, can
only be after medical evaluation of the patient.
The Various Procedures are :
PCNL (Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy) Mostly done for large sized
stones lying in the kidneys or upper part of ureters. Renal stone is
approached through a small (less then 1 cm.) incision in the flanks
and is broken into small fragments by using a specialized probe and is
thus removed.
URS (uretroendosopic stone removal) No incision is given- It is
mostly used for the stones lying in the middle or lower part of the
ureter and the endoscope is introduced through the urinary opening
after giving anaesthesia to the patient. A probe is introduced which
on touching the stone powders it into small fragments.
ESWL (Extra corporal Shockwave lithotripsy) Lithotrypsy is a
procedure mostly adopted for smaller renal and upper ureteric stones.
The patient is made to lie down under the lithotrypter, stones are
visualized under the xrays and shockwave beams are focused on the
stone which break it into small fragments to be drained out later on.
One has to undergo one to three sittings of about 30-45 minutes each
depending upon the size and location of the stone. It is completely
non-invasive (in which no cuts are given) and painless procedure
requiring no admission.

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