Urology

The most common problems requiring urgent urological care are bladder stones, severe male urinary infections, urinary retention, bleeding in the urinary tract, and injuries to the kidneys, urinary tract and genitals.

We perform most of our procedures by laparoscopy through the urinary tract or the peritoneal cavity. The procedure that we do the most of is laparoscopic treatment of benign prostate hyperplasia through the urethra. The majority of prostatectomies performed at Helsinki University Hospital because of prostate cancer are performed using robot-assisted keyhole surgery. Traditional open surgery is still used in operations for a significant percentage of large kidney tumors and invasive bladder cancer.

In addition to keyhole surgery and open surgery, we perform extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy for bladder stones. Medicinal treatments are used in a significant percentage of urology cases.

We examine and treat urological conditions at Peijas Hospital and at the Tower Hospital at Meilahti, and also at Hyvinkää, Raseborg, Lohja and Porvoo Hospitals. We also perform demanding urological procedures and special examinations and treatments in the Helsinki University Hospital Specific Catchment Area.

We have nationwide centralized responsibility for: 

• demanding urethral stricture surgeries,
• operations on large kidney tumors encroaching on major blood vessels,
• procedures to treat bladder stones (extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy, ESWL, and removal of large stones in the renal pelvis by laparoscopy), and
• robot-assisted urological keyhole surgery.

 We also have nationwide centralized responsibility for gender reassignment surgeries and patient monitoring in which our experts participate.