Urology

Urology is the surgical specialty which deals with diseases of the male and female urinary tract and the male reproductive organs. The organs covered by urology include the kidneys, ureters, urinary bladder, urethra, and the male reproductive organs (testes, epididymis, vas deferens, seminal vesicles, prostate and penis). The subspecialty areas of urology are calculi (urinary tract stones), female urology (urinary incontinence and pelvic outlet relaxation disorders), male infertility, neurourology (voiding disorders, urodynamic evaluation of patients, and erectile dysfunction or impotence), paediatric urology, urologic oncology (cancer) and renal transplantation.

Urinary stone disease of the urinary tract provides a substantial portion of urologic practice in Dubai. The availability of minimally invasive techniques to manage stones has revolutionized treatment and has largely rendered open surgical procedures for dealing with kidney and ureteral stones obsolete. These techniques include ESWL (non-surgical breakage by machine), ureteroscopy and ‘key hole’ surgery for the kidney and are all performed by our experienced surgeons at our Day Surgery Unit in Jumeirah.