Urology

What is Urology?

Urology is the branch of medicine concerned with the urinary tract in both genders, and with the genital tract or reproductive system in the male. Urogenital is a word that refers to the urinary and genital organs.

The medical specialty of obstetrics and gynecology focuses on the reproduction (genital) system of females. Nephrology is the medical specialty concerned with the kidneys.

The most serious and debilitating of benign kidney and urinary tract diseases includes end-stage renal disease (ESRD); kidney stone disease; urinary incontinence; benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH); interstitial cystitis; urinary tract infection; and polycystic kidney disease.

Other diseases also have a tremendous impact on the disability and death associated with kidney and urologic diseases, including diabetes and hypertension.

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Urology Services

Hannibal Regional Medical Group offers surgical and non-surgical treatments for a wide variety of urological conditions.

Kidney stones analysis and treatment
Overactive bladder treatment
Prostate cancer testing
Prostatitis treatment
Blood in urine treatment
Enlarged prostate
Incontinence diagnosis
Diagnostic testing
Vasectomy surgery
Erectile dysfunction options
Peyronie's Disease treatment
Testicular cancer evaluation
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (enlarged prostate)

UroLift®

The UroLift System is a minimally invasive procedure to treat an enlarged prostate. It is a proven option for patients looking for an alternative to medications or major surgery. It is the only leading enlarged prostate procedure that does not require heating, cutting, or destruction of prostate tissue.

Advantages of UroLift®:

Safe and effective
Risk profile better than reported for surgical procedures such as TURP
Rapid symptom relief, better than reported for medications
Only leading BPH procedure shown to not cause new and lasting sexual dysfunction

How the UroLift® System Works:

STEP 1: The UroLift® Delivery Device is placed through the obstructed urethra to access the enlarged prostate.

STEP 2: Small UroLift® implants are permanently placed to lift and hold the enlarged prostate tissue out of the way and increase the opening of the urethra. The permanent implants are delivered through a small needle that comes out of the UroLift Delivery Device and into the prostate.