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The mission of the Ochsner Health System Department of Urology is to provide the most comprehensive urologic care possible, emphasizing the needs of the individual patient in a compassionate setting. We strive to deliver excellent urologic services through an integrated, multidisciplinary approach that combines clinical experience, education and research. We also aim to make significant contributions to the field of urology through ongoing clinical research and training of future urologic specialists.  Find Urologists at Ochsner Medical Center

Adult and General Urology

• Surgical treatment of benign prostate hyperplasia, including such minimally invasive therapies as microwave (TUMT), laser, heat and vaporization
• Medical management of benign prostate hyperplasia
• Male infertility and microsurgical reversal of vasectomy
• Erectile dysfunction and impotence
• Stone disease, including ureteroscopy with lithotripsy, percutaneous stone surgery, extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy and management of staghorn calculi
• Prostate infections
• Minimally-invasive surgical treatments of kidney obstruction, including robotic and laproscopic pyeloplasty
• Urethral stricture disease

Pediatric Urology

• Undescended testicle
• Hypospadias
• Ureteral reflux
• Neonatal hydronephrosis
• Pediatric renal masses
• Enuresis (bed-wetting)
• Management of extrophy, children with myelodysplasia (spina bifida)

Female Urology and Voiding Dysfunction

Ochsner’s urogynecologists (female urologists) are specially trained in the evaluation and treatment of conditions that affect the female urinary tract and pelvic organs. From prolapse to incontinence, our physicians can offer the most advanced symptom relief and treatments available to women today.

Urological Oncology

• Prostate cancer, including radical nerve-sparing prostatectomy, brachytherapy (radioactive seed implants), external beam radiation therapy, laparoscopic and robotic surgery
• Bladder cancer, including continent urinary diversion and laser ablation
• Renal cell carcinoma, including robotic and laproscopic partial nephrectomies, cryoablation and tumors involving the vena cava
• Testicular cancer with retroperitonneal node dissection
• Adrenal tumors

Ochsner Medical Center - West Bank

Ochsner Medical Center – West Bank provides comprehensive and specialized urologic medical and surgical care. Our community physicians are dedicated and experienced in providing high-quality and personalized care in the areas of adult and general urology, pediatric urology, urologic gynecology, and urological oncology. Find Urologists at Ochsner Medical Center - West Bank