Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), also called prostate gland enlargement, is a common condition as men get older. An enlarged prostate gland can cause uncomfortable urinary symptoms, such as blocking the flow of urine out of the bladder. It can also cause bladder, urinary tract or kidney problems. Benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostate cancer are two…
Kidney transplantation is also known as renal transplantation. A kidney transplant is a surgical procedure to place a healthy kidney from a living or deceased donor into a person whose kidneys no longer function properly. If a kidney becomes unable to perform the duties for various reasons this is called end-stage renal failure or, in other words, fifth stage chronic…
Robotic Perineal Radical Prostatectomy is performed with a small incision of 3-4 cm from the region between the anus and the testicles using robot technology. This technique, which is applied only in the Medical Clinic of the Bahçelievler Hospital in our country, is referred to the medical literature as “BakırköyTuğcu Technique”. The prostate is located at…
Single-port surgery is a revolutionary type of surgery that is performed entirely through a single incision. It is a form of minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery. Due to recent advances in technology, many surgeries that were performed by open methods are now done with closed methods and patients do not have large scars on their bodies.…
Ureteropelvic junction (UPJ) obstruction is when part of the kidney is blocked. Most often it is blocked at the renal pelvis. The kidneys are bean-shaped organs on both sides of the spine in the posterior wall of the abdominal cavity.The most important task of the kidneys is to cleanse the blood and expel the harmful…
Bladder cancer is a type of cancer that is caused by an uncontrolled proliferation of cells in the layer called mucosa that is covering inside the bladder. If bladder cancer only remains limited within the mucosa that is covering inside the bladder and does not spread to the muscle layer forming the bladder wall, this…
Kidney canceris a type of cancer originating from kidney cells. Kidney cancer does not give any symptoms in the early stages and is usually detected incidentally during examinations such as ultrasonography or computed tomography for other reasons.In the advanced stage of the disease, symptoms such as low back pain and bloody urination occur. When the…
Prostate cancer is one of the most common types of cancer in men. Usually prostate cancer grows slowly and is initially confined to the prostate gland. It does not lead to any symptoms of the early stages of the disease. Prostate is a chestnut-sized organ found in men. It produces a substance that causes fluidity…
Robotic urologic surgery is one of the most commonly performed robotic surgeries. Robotic surgery is most commonly used in prostate cancer surgery. Robotic surgery is one of the most advanced technologies applied today in medicine. It is widely used in urology, gynecology, general surgery, ENT, thoracic surgery, cardiac surgery operations in Turkey as well as…