The entire premises of
the Urology Clinic of the University Hospital and the Department of
Paediatric Urology are located in the building complex of the the Women,
Head, and Oral/ Maxillofacial Clinics (Frauen-Kopf-Kiefer-Klinik) of
the Innsbruck Medical University since March 1991. The areas covered
by this clinic include Urological Oncology, Prostatic Diseases, Endourology
and Laparoscopy, Neurourology, Female Urology, Andrology, Reconstructive
Urology, with Paediatric Urology as a separate department on its own.
Since 1987 Professor Georg Bartsch is Head of the Urology Clinic of
the University Hospital and since April 2003 Professor Christian Radmayr
Head of the department of Paediatric Urology. The Urology Clinic of the University Hospital has at its disposal 54 beds for adults and the department of Paediatric Urology 10 beds. This is complemented with 3 beds attached to the outpatient unit of the clinic. There are 2 operating theatres with attached recovery area and three endourological operating theatres with multifunctional work area and a lithotripter for fragmenting kidney stones. At the Prostate Centre established in 1993 - the first facility of its kind in Europe - localised as well as advanced prostate cancer are treated with all the established methods. In the past few years, minimally invasive approaches have become routine procedures in this clinic, and laparoscopic interventions have also been successfully employed in the treatment of numerous diseases. The most modern techniques (ESWL, laser lithotripsy, lithoclast lithotripsy, ureterorenoscopy and percutaneous lithotripsy) are employed in the endourological treatment of urinary calculi and other diseases. Reconstructive urology, with its importance particularly in oncology, represents another key area. In the area of bladder cancer treatment and construction of new bladder, the Urology Clinic of the University Hospital has been successful in developing pioneering methods for curing cancer and preserving the bladder. If bladder removal is unavoidable, a new functional bladder is created attached to the urethra. Today over 95% of testicular cancer patients can be cured with a treatment modality combining surgery and chemotherapy. A new therapy concept in the treatment of kidney cancer patients with metastases is the administration of dendritic cells. Andrology and Neurourology are two other key areas of interest. For the first time ever, autologous stem cells were used in this clinic for the treatment of incontinence. At the Urology Clinic of the Innsbruck University Hospital, Paediatric
Urology has a long tradition. In 1991 the Urology Clinic moved to
its present location in the then new building complex, and with this
the infrastructure for the department of Paediatric Urology was greatly
enabled. For the first time, Paediatric Urology has its own ward,
with specially trained paediatric nursing personnel and its own paediatric
outpatient unit. The newly created department of Paediatric Urology
(www.kinderurologie.at)
is concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of urological problems
in children from the time of birth to adulthood. Investigations on markers for diagnosis and monitoring of the course of urological and endocrinological diseases are carried on in the laboratory of the Urology Clinic. The laboratory is at the same time a research unit equipped to perform biochemical, molecular biological and immunological studies, clinical as well as basic research. |