Urology

Our Urology program at the Brigham and Women's/Mass General Health Care Center provides diagnosis, treatment, and management for a wide spectrum of urologic conditions, including urologic cancers, benign urologic diseases, and urologic dysfunction. The following services are among the many urologic procedures that we offer at our Foxborough location:

• diagnostic cystoscopy (cysto) – endoscopic examination of the urethra
• retrograde pyelogram – imaging of the ureter and kidney
• transurethral resection of bladder tumor – surgical procedure used to diagnose bladder cancer or remove cancerous tissue
• cold knife urethrotomy – to treat narrowing of the urethra
• bladder stone removal
• fulguration – destroying bladder tumors with high-frequency electric current
• bladder biopsy
• ureteroscopy – endoscopic removal of kidney stones
• chemotherapy and formalin instillation (used to treat effects of chemo)
• laser lithotripsy – disintegrating kidney stones with a laser
• electrohydraulic lithotripsy (EHL) – pulverizing kidney stones through shock waves
• urethral or bladder neck contracture dilation
• circumcision
• suprapubic tube (catheter) change
• ureteral stent placement and removal
• prostate needle biopsy
• varicocelectomy – surgical correction of dilated veins in the spermatic cord
• hyrocelectomy – surgical procedure to relieve scrotal swelling
• vasectomy
• testicular biopsy
• orchiectomy – surgical removal of the testicle to diagnose or treat cancer
• SPARC™ procedures – minimally invasive treatment for incontinence in women

To make an appointment or to learn more about our Urology program in Foxborough, please call 1-866-378-9164.