Urology

Department of Urology at Jaslok Hospital & Research Centre

Established in 1975, the Department of Urology, was the first of its kind to be set up in a private hospital and since 1988 is the first urology  department in a  private   hospital dedicated for  preparing students for their  DNB examinations . It has been a pioneer in the field of   endourology along with complicated open urological surgeries. In 1989, it  established the stone clinic endourology facility.  

First private hospital to have a state of the art ESWL (Lithotriptor, upper tract endourology (Ureteroscopy & PCNL ) & stone clinic.

It started video Prostatectomy & using state of the art video for all its endourology cases in the late 1980’s.

It is the 1^st hospital to use a 180 XPS green light laser. Today has all the facilities for modern urology including RIRS (Retrograde Interarenal Surgery) with the latest Holmium & Thulium Laser.

It has also been the first private-teaching hospital to introduce lithotripter techniques of percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL), ureteroscopy lithotripsy (URS) and flexible URS  and has  a dedicated unit for metabolic workup of patients with urinary stones.

 Since 1989, the department offers  Andrology to  patients with infertility who are being treated by  Jaslok Hospital & Research Centre’s  Department of Assisted Reproduction. It has experience in treating genito-urinary tumours in collaboration with the  departments of Interventional Radiology and Oncology.

Laparoscopic urology was established in 2002. The department established the first subspecialty of Neuro-urology, Pelvic Floor Clinic, 16 years ago. The department of Urology is  one of the first departments in the country to start Penile Prosthesis, Artificial Urinary Sphincters and Sacro Neuro Modulation for bladders. It has also worked closely departments of Urology of Stanford, Harvard and the Universities of Tubingen & Maastricht (Europe) and Bristol (UK).

It stared Robotic Surgery with Da Vinci robot in uro & urology – oncology in (Dec 2015 ) & in the last 10 years The dept. has performed  more than 1200 robotic urological surgeries with gratifying results. The consultants have been on the faculty on national & International conferences.

 The senior consultants have been past presidents & on the governing council of the urological society of India.

The work in the dept. of Urology has been recognized in India, Asia, Europe & United Stated of America.

The dept. of Urology & Nephrology at the Jaslok Hospital have been performing Renal Transplants since 1979 & The Hospital has the credit of being the one of the oldest Renal Transplant Centres in the country.

The dept. does more than 150 Transplants every year since the last 30 years.