| The Department of Urology has a total medical
staff strength. The Urology Centre provides a whole
range of comprehensive services in the management of
urological problems. With a complete range of state-of-the-art
facilities, the Centre performs minimally invasive procedures
such as ESWL (Extracorporeal Shock-wave Lithotripsy)
for treatment of urinary stones and Transrectal Ultrasound,
Laparoscopy and sophisticated urodynamic facilities
including video dynamics.
The Urology Centre is staffed by urologists with a
board range of experience in the fields of shock-wave
lithotripsy, uro-oncology, laser surgery, endo-urology,
female incontinence, transplantation, microsurgery and
urodynamics. Specialty Clinics have been organized in:
- Female Urinary Incontinence
- Haematuria
- Prostate Disease
- Urinary Stone Disease and ESWL
- Uro-oncology
- Erectile Dysfunction/Male Infertility
- Vascular Access/Renal Transplantation
- Reconstructive Urology
The Centre adopts a team management approach where
any individual patient will be managed by more than
one urologist, which ensures that our patients get the
most comprehensive and appropriate care.
The Department provides basic and advanced specialty
training. In addition the Department also trains medical
undergraduates and nurses.
The 4-year program involves a year as a MOS or Registrar
in a general surgical unit. (Or a minimum of 6 months
in General Surgery and 6 months in other relevant surgical
units, prior approval from the Specialist Training Committee
is required). 3 years of Urology in accredited urology
units, 2 of which may be done in other accredited units,
local or overseas.
For the year 2001, publications from the department
amount to more than 19 papers in peer review journals.
More importantly, more than 70 per cent of the publications
were in international journals. Apart from clinical
research, the department had also been active in basic
laboratory studies. This was reflected by the amount
of S$400,000 in total from successful application to
the SingHealth Cluster Research Funds.
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