Bladder

  • Cystitis
  • Cystoscopy
  • Urinary incontinence
  • Incontinence and urgency
  • Bedwetting in children, day or night (enuresis)
  • Removal of bladder diverticulum
  • Removal of urinary calculus
  • Endoscopic bladder tumour operation (TUR-B – transurethral resection of the bladder)
  • Endoscopic diagnosis and treatment of urinary calculus
  • Botox injections to the bladder

INDIVIDUAL HEALTH SERVICES

  • Biocon magnetic chair for urinary incontinence, prostatitis, pelvic floor pain
  • Broad-band immunization for recurrent urinary tract infections
  • Follow-up after one year (broad-band immunization for recurrent urinary tract infections)
  • Irrigation of bladder with Desitin or hyaluronic acid for recurrent urinary tract infections
  • Rapid urine test for early detection of bladder cancer (UBC)

Ureter

  • Endoscopy of the ureter
  • Endoscopic removal of urinary calculus
  • Positioning and replacement of ureteral stents (DJ catheters, stents and ureteral catheters)
  • Endoscopic laser surgery for ureteral tumours
  • Biocon magnetic chair for urinary incontinence, prostatitis, pelvic floor pain

INDIVIDUAL HEALTH SERVICES

  • Biocon magnetic chair for urinary incontinence, prostatitis, pelvic floor pain

Testicles

  • Retractile testicle
  • Testicular torsion
  • Hydrocele
  • Spermatocele
  • Varicocele
  • Vasectomy
  • Inguinal testis in children
  • Spermogram
  • Radical surgery in the case of testicular carcinoma
     

INDIVIDUAL HEALTH SERVICES

  • Alpha-1-fetoprotein and HCG blood test for early detection of testicular cancer
  • Determination of testosterone (hormone status)

Prostate

  • Transrectal ultrasound examination of the prostate (TRUS)
  • Prostatitis
  • Removal of prostate tissue (biopsy)
  • Endoscopic surgery for prostate cancer (TUR-P – transurethral resection of the prostate)
  • Radical surgery in the case of prostate cance

INDIVIDUAL HEALTH SERVICES

  • Determination of PSA (blood test)
  • PCA3 test (gene-based molecular urine test with specificity for carcinoma of the prostate)
  • Biocon magnetic chair for urinary incontinence, prostatitis, pelvic floor pain

Kidneys

  • Nephropyelitis
  • Renal gravel
  • Renal colic
  • Kidney stones
  • Radical surgery for renal carcinoma

INDIVIDUAL HEALTH SERVICES

  • Cystatin C blood test for early detection of kidney disorders

Penis

  • Corrective plastic surgery to the genitalia
  • Circumcision
  • Erectile dysfunction
  • Early detection of cancer of the genitalia (annual check from the age of 45)

INDIVIDUAL HEALTH SERVICES

  • Test for Chlamydia trachomatis
  • Test for Mycoplasma hominis and Ureaplasma urealyticum
  • Test for bacterial and mycological pathogens
  • Test for Trichomonas vaginalis
  • EMDA treatment for Peyronie’s disease (induratio penis plastica (IPP))

Preventive medicine

An important component of today’s medicine is prevention. Experience shows that symptoms only occur once a disease is advanced. The aim of preventive checks is to detect diseases at an early stage. Sensible early detection measures in male urology are currently recommended for prostate cancer and for tumours of the kidney, bladder and testicles.

If you have statutory German health insurance, you are entitled to the following preventive checks:
Early detection of cancer of the genitalia annually from the age of 45
Early detection of bowel cancer annually from the age of 50 (up to 54)
Endoscopy of the bowel from the age of 55 (twice at an interval of 10 years)

INDIVIDUAL HEALTH SERVICES

  • Determination of PSA (blood test)
  • Ultrasound examination of the kidneys, bladder and prostate
  • Rapid urine test for early detection of bladder cancer (UBC)
  • PCA3 test (gene-based molecular urine test with specificity for carcinoma of the prostate)
  • Alpha-1-fetoprotein and HCG blood test for early detection of testicular cancer
  • Cystatin C blood test for early detection of kidney disorders

Statutory health insurance schemes do not offer preventive urological checks for women.

INDIVIDUAL HEALTH SERVICES

  • Ultrasound examination of the kidneys and bladder
  • Rapid urine test for early detection of bladder cancer (UBC)
  • Cystatin C blood test for early detection of kidney disorders

Paediatric urology

Diagnostics, consulting, treatment and day surgery for childhood urological diseases.

  • Bedwetting, day or night (enuresis)
  • Tight foreskin (phimosis)
  • Circumcision
  • Inguinal testis in children
  • Undescended testicle
  • Hydrocele
  • Deformed urinary tract

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Consultations for young males

Consultations for young males were set up by the professional associations for urologists in collaboration with the German Society for Health Promotion [Gesellschaft zur Gesundheitsförderung] to promote the health of young people. Special consultations for young males with a urologist can be accessed under statutory health insurance to answer questions about physical development, sexuality and typical urological diseases.


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Having problems starting a family

If you are struggling to start a family, it is always important for both partners to be examined. The man usually consults a urologist or an andrologist. Fertility problems are usually due to biological issues, and these are split roughly equally between men and women. A man’s infertility is frequently only discovered by examining a sperm sample. A detailed medical history is taken and the following fertility tests are then carried out:

  • palpation of testicles, epididymis, prostate and seminal glands
  • if required, an ultrasound examination is carried out on the genitalia, prostate and urinary tract
  • production of a spermogram
  • hormone examinations and genetic tests depending on findings

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Andrology

Andrology is a specialism in medicine. This field essentially covers male reproductive functions and disorders. The urologist looks at hormone status, loss of fertility and a drop in sexual potency and libido.

INDIVIDUAL HEALTH SERVICES

  • Determination of PSA (blood test)
  • Determination of testosterone (hormone status)
  • Determination of SHBG hormone (hormone status)

Individual health services

Under German law, health insurance companies guarantee adequate treatment. We also offer sensible examinations for complete preventive male urological care. Preventive female urological care has not hitherto been on the spectrum of statutory health insurance companies’ services, but here too, sensible supplementary urological services can be selected and paid for privately.

These optional services will not be reimbursed by the statutory health insurance companies. These additional services will be invoiced in line with the ordinance governing doctors’ fees in Germany [Gebührenordnung für Ärzte – GOÄ]. We will be pleased to provide information for you and you can take time to make your decision.

  • Biocon magnetic chair for urinary incontinence, prostatitis, pelvic floor pain
  • EMDA treatment for Peyronie’s disease (induratio penis plastica (IPP))
  • Broad-band immunization for recurrent urinary tract infections
  • Follow-up after one year (broad-band immunization for recurrent urinary tract infections)
  • Irrigation of bladder with Desitin or hyaluronic acid for recurrent urinary tract infections
  • Rapid urine test for early detection of bladder cancer (UBC)
  • PCA3 test (gene-based molecular urine test with specificity for carcinoma of the prostate)
  • Alpha-1-fetoprotein and HCG blood test for early detection of testicular cancer
  • Cystatin C blood test for early detection of kidney disorders
  • Determination of PSA (blood test)
  • Determination of testosterone (hormone status)
  • Determination of SHBG hormone (hormone status)
  • Test for Chlamydia trachomatis
  • Test for Mycoplasma hominis and Ureaplasma urealyticum
  • Test for bacterial and mycological pathogens
  • Test for Trichomonas vaginalis

Day surgery

As a modern urological practice, we offer the full range of urological services. Day surgery is performed either at the practice or at the Marienhospital in Stuttgart, our co-operating partners.

  • Hydrocele
  • Spermatocele
  • Varicocele
  • Urethrotomy
  • Removal of tissue from the prostate (biopsy)
  • Positioning and replacement of ureteral stents (DJ catheters, stents and ureteral catheters)
  • Circumcision
  • Vasectomy
  • Inguinal testis in children

In-patient surgery

We have been co-operating with the Marienhospital in Stuttgart since 2007. All kidney, bladder and prostate surgery, together with that on the external genitalia, is performed there in line with national and international guidelines. Many years’ experience, the latest technology and a positive co-operation with the Marienhospital ensure that our patients receive all-round urological care.

Endoscopic surgery for prostate cancer (TUR-P)
A gentle procedure to remove tissue from the prostate through the urethra without an abdominal incision.

Endoscopic bladder surgery (TUR-B)
Minimally-invasive surgery involving removal of bladder tumours through the urethra.

Photodynamic diagnostics (PDD)
To allow the detection of very shallow bladder tumours, barely detectable with the naked eye but still dangerous, we pass a substance into the bladder before the planned TUR-B procedure which accumulates in suspected areas of tumour. The bladder is then subjected to endoscopic examination under blue light, which causes the suspected areas of tumour to fluoresce, facilitating extremely high-precision surgery.

Endoscopic diagnosis and treatment of stones
Endoscopic crushing and removal of kidney stones and urinary calculus in the bladder, ureter and urethra. Among other equipment, we can use a laser to treat stones.

Injection of botox into the bladder and prostate
In a minor day procedure, small quantities of the botulinum toxin are injected endoscopically into the muscles of the bladder or into the prostate via the urethra; this successfully treats irritating, painful conditions such as overactive bladder or prostate syndrome.

Radical surgery in the case of prostate cancer, testicular carcinoma or carcinoma of the kidney

Partial removal of the kidney
As tumours of the kidney are often detected by chance during an ultrasound examination or MRI or CT scan these days, it is frequently possible to remove just the tumour. The rest of the kidney is preserved.

Surgery days: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday

Follow-up care

After a tumour has been diagnosed and treated, individual follow-up care is required to suit the disease and the patient in question. We deliver this care in our practice – based on national and international guidelines.

Consulting services

As well as surgery, we also offer consulting services to patients at the Marienhospital in Stuttgart. In other words, we can treat patients who are in the Marienhospital for medical reasons, and who also have acute urological problems, while they are in hospital.