MaineHealth urologists help patients with conditions involving the urinary tract, bladder and kidneys. They diagnose and treat patients of all ages with a wide range of urologic conditions. They also are experts in evaluating issues with the male reproductive organs.
What conditions do urologists treat?
Urologists evaluate and treat urinary, bladder, kidney and prostate conditions such as:
- Kidney stones
- Erectile dysfunction and impotence
- Incontinence
- Urinary tract infections and diseases
- Vasectomy and vasovasostomies (vasectomy reversal)
- Male infertility
- Bladder cancer
- Overactive bladder
- Prostate cancer
- Enlarged prostate
Urinary tract infections, or UTIs, are the most common urological issue. UTIs can be either a primary infection or an underlying symptom of other infections. Talk to your primary care provider if you think you have a UTI. Your provider can provide a diagnosis and treatment for a UTI.
Urology services
Urology services for adult patients include:
- Urological consultations
- Follow up evaluations
- Diagnostic cystoscopies
- Bladder biopsies with fulguration
- Bladder surgery
- Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL)
- Treatment of erectile dysfunction
- Evaluation and treatment of incontinence
- Robotic and laser surgery
- Treatment of kidney stones
- Vasectomy
- Vasovasostomy (vasectomy reversal)
Urology procedures can often be done in the urologist’s office.
- Cystoscopies allow your doctor to view the inside of your bladder and the tube (urethra) that takes urine out of your body. Doctors use a thin tube and a tiny camera. Cystoscopies often are done on an out-patient basis but also may be done in the hospital.
- Robotic and laser surgeries allow urologists to use very small incisions with tiny instruments and magnified 3-D viewing.
- Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) uses sound waves (shock waves) to treat stones in the urinary tract system. The procedure is painless.
Speak with your primary care provider if you believe specialized urology care is right for you.
