Our patients have access to a multidisciplinary approach to the treatment of all urologic tumors, including:
- Prostate
- Bladder
- Kidney
- Penile
- Ureter
- Urethral
- Adrenal
- Testicular
Minimally Invasive Surgery at UPMC Department of Urology
UPMC surgeons have particular expertise in a number of highly specialized technologies and minimally invasive surgical techniques. In many cases, our world-renowned surgeons have helped to develop or refine these innovative methods, including:
- Nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy
- Robotic-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy
- Radical cystectomy with neobladder reconstruction
- Radical cystectomy with continent urinary diversion
- Laparoscopic radical nephrectomy
- Open radical nephrectomy
- Laparoscopic and open partial nephrectomy
- Radical nephrectomy with caval thrombus excision
- Nerve-sparing retroperitoneal lymph node dissection
- Post-chemotherapy retroperitoneal lymph node dissection
- Minimally invasive ablative therapy for kidney cancer
- Radical orchiectomy
- Partial and radical penectomy
- Inguinal lymph node dissection
