Description of service
We provide a comprehensive specialist outpatient's service for
the management of all secondary and tertiary paediatric urological
conditions for the South West region covering a total population of
nearly five million. This includes a network of outreach
clinics so that patients can be seen close to home. These currently
take place in Cheltenham, Gloucester, Swindon, Yeovil, Taunton,
Exeter, Barnstaple, Torbay, Plymouth and Truro.
We have close links with paediatric urology in Southampton
offering treatment of rare conditions such as disorders of sex
development at a supra-regional level.
Areas of excellence
Laparoscopy. Hypospadias surgery. Urinary reconstruction.
Surgery for Disorders of Sex Development.
Further information
- joint uro-endocrine clinic dealing with complex intersex
conditions
- 'flow clinic' for assessment of incontinence, run by clinical
nurse specialist.
- urodynamics service
NB These do not take direct referrals
Conditions treated
- antenatally detected kidney and bladder abnormalities (eg
hydronephrosis - swelling of drainage system of kidney)
- Disorders of Sex Development (DSD) formerly known as
"Intersex"
- undescended testes
- hypospadias (a condition where the uethral orifice is on the
underside of the penis
- spina bifida
- vesico-ureteric reflux
- varicocoele (varicose veins above the testicle)
Treatments offered
- laparoscopic nephrectomy, heminephrectomy and pyeloplasty
- surgery for DSD including feminizing genitoplasty
- hypospadias repair including Snodgrasss and Bracka
techniques
- urinary reconstruction including bladder augmentation, bladder
neck reconstruction, bladder neck sling, artificial sphincters and
Mitrofanoff procedure
- open and laparoscopic orchidopexy
- laparoscopic palomo procedure for varicocoele
- cystoscopic deflux injection for vesico-ureteric reflux (www.deflux.com)
General contact details
Tel: 0117 342 8641 or 0117 342 8642
