The department has state-of-the-art Endourology program with a 120-watt Holmium Laser for stone and prostate surgery. Percutaneous kidney surgeries, ureteric and bladder stone surgeries and Retrograde Intra Renal Surgery (RIRS) are being performed with excellent outcome. The department also caters to pediatric urology patients with complex problems of urology like hypospadias, epispadias, PUJ obstruction, urological malignancies, and stone disease in children.

The department has all the latest surgical gadgets to perform laparoscopic urological procedures.

Various outpatient diagnostic and therapeutic services are being provided viz., urodynamic study, uro-radiological procedures, trans-rectal ultrasound guided biopsy, cystoscopy and percutaneous nephrostomy.

The department is aspiring to start renal transplant programme in near future. Since the modern treatment modalities of urological cancers is taking over worldwide, the department is also exploring possibilities to start a centre for robotic surgery in future.

IPD beds: 30

Clinical:

The Department of Urology is providing services to treat a wide array of urologic diseases and conditions.

During the period January 2022 to December 2022, the department has provided treatment to 19215 patients. It also runs speciality clinic for uro-oncology, pediatric urology and female urology.

The department has one ward with 30 general beds with dedicated strength of urology residents (8-10 residents at any given time), medical and nursing staff. 1240 patients were admitted and 638 OPD procedures have been performed during the reference period. 752 major and 467 minor cases, with the majority of them requiring advanced surgery (tertiary level centre cases) have been operated.

The operating rooms are well equipped with various endo-urology and laparoscopic equipments, video systems, holmium laser, harmonic scalpel, state of the art C-arm fluoroscopy and ultrasonography equipments. Renal transplant surgery will soon be started with an aim to meet the increasing demand for the transplant services in Bihar and surrounding population.

Various intramural projects and researches are being conducted in the department, and many research articles have been submitted for publication, with a few being published in indexed journals.

Undergraduate and postgraduate education and training is currently being provided by the department. Nonacademic senior residents also work and get trained in the department. The department has a very active teaching program moderated by the faculty. The department has recently received approval to start 3 years MCh programme in urology from July 2023 session.

• Outpatient Department (OPD): The department's outpatient services are available from Monday to Friday from 9 AM to 5 PM. In the second half of the OPD days, there are special clinics for uro-oncology, pediatric urology, and female urology.
• OT: It is available 5 days a week, Monday through Friday
• Emergency OT: Round the clock services are available to deal with urological emergencies.

• Uro-oncology clinic
• Pediatric urology clinic
• Female urology clinic

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