Urology

The epicentre of urology
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Specialised units

Comprehensive urology

We provide comprehensive urological care with a 360º approach. Founded as a monographic urology centre, Fundació Puigvert boasts more than half a century of experience in this specialty and relies on a team of renowned professionals and the most advanced diagnostic and surgical technology. We perform all medical and surgical procedures for urological disorders: from the mildest to the most complex and those requiring greater specialisation. Our expertise in the diagnosis and treatment of urological tumours and congenital genitourinary malformations in both adults and children and adolescents (NNA), as well as the study and treatment of kidney stones and urinary incontinence, two diseases that affect 1 in 20 and 1 in 5 people, respectively. We also monitor more than 1,000 highly complex urological tumours and care for more than 250 paediatric patients with kidney stones due to orphan metabolic or inherited diseases.

Service Director: Dr Joan Palou Redorta

Unidades de Urology

The Urology Dream Team

Our Urology Department, which is made up of more than 30 specialists and residents, covers the full range of knowledge, expertise and technology that each year attracts not only patients from all over the world, but also professionals from other centres and countries who wish to train and learn from our experience.

A leading hospital in robotic surgery

We are the only hospital in Spain featuring Da Vinci® and HUGO™ surgical robots. Currently, 50% of our surgeries are robot-assisted procedures. Back in 2005, we were the first hospital to introduce the Da Vinci® robot in Spain. In 2022, we were once again at the forefront of robotic surgery with HUGO™.

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Full range of laser treatments

Fundació Puigvert was the first hospital to feature a neodymium laser in Spain 25 years ago. At present, we feature most of the lasers on the market, which allows us to treat disorders such as upper urinary tract tumours, benign prostate enlargement and lithiasis or kidney stones. We also treat urinary incontinence with cutting-edge technology based on the implantation of all available prosthetic systems.

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Advanced technology for the diagnosis and treatment of urological disorders

At Fundació Puigvert, we feature cutting-edge endoscopy technology thanks to the collaboration agreement signed with the technology companies Olympus and Nexus. Merging the new Olympus equipment and the new software solution provided by Nexus Diagnostics allows us to obtain high-quality diagnostic reports that are customised and adapted to the particularities of urological disorders.

Pioneering the treatment of male urinary incontinence

At Fundació Puigvert, we treat male urinary incontinence with advanced technology based on the implementation of all the prosthetic systems on the market, which allows us to create bespoke solutions for each patient and each degree of incontinence and for each specific personal situation. We have been implanting an artificial sphincter since 1990, which is tantamount to an accumulated experience of more than 500 cases with a long-term follow-up and provides us with a high level of expertise in patient selection, surgical technique and postoperative management.

High level of expertise in paediatric urology

At Fundació Puigvert, we are a leading paediatric urology centre in the comprehensive care of children. We treat more than 250 paediatric patients with kidney stones due to orphan metabolic or inherited diseases and we carry out comprehensive follow-up (from birth to adulthood) of more than 150 patients with bladder exstrophy and more than 200 children with proximal and complex hypospadias per year. Due to our experience and supra-specialisation, Fundació Puigvert joined eUROGEN, the main European network in this field, in 2022. Moreover, we are a National Health System Benchmark Unit (CSUR) for the Exstrophy-Epispadias Complex.

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2005

First centre in Spain to implement robotic surgery by installing the first Da Vinci robot
2007

First centre in Spain to perform robotic paediatric urology surgeries 
2008

First cystectomy in Spain
2009

World's first laparoscopic kidney transplantation
2010

First living donor kidney harvest in Spain
2011

First centre in Europe to carry out a Good Samaritan donor kidney transplant chain
2012

First live broadcast of a robotic radical cystectomy in Spain
2015

First complete kidney transplantation with robotic surgery in Europe  
2022

First centre in Spain to install and perform the first two surgical procedures in Spain with the state-of-the-art HUGO™ robot
90.000
Medical consultations performed / year
170
Robotic surgeries / year
3.000
Urodynamic studies / year
11.000
Prostate and bladder treatments / year

Nuestros campos de especialización

La Fundació Puigvert es uno de los centros hospitalarios del mundo occidental con el volumen más alto de actividad asistencial especializada y tiene una de las plataformas tecnológicas propias más amplias e innovadoras.

Andrology
Reproductive medicine
Nephrology
Servicios Asistenciales Transversales
Urology

Andrology

We provide care with an advanced, integrative and multidisciplinary approach in the study, diagnosis and treatment of male sexual and reproductive health, both for the patient and his partner. Founded in 1970, our trailblazing Andrology Department in Spain and the world offers a unique and genuine approach to this specialty.

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Reproductive medicine

We provide a multidisciplinary approach to using cutting-edge techniques of artificial insemination and in vitro fertilisation.

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Nephrology

We provide groundbreaking care of clinical excellence in the diagnosis and treatment of any kidney disorder, including orphan kidney diseases. Apart from being the first Nephrology Department in Spain, which was established in 1955, the Fundació Puigvert was a trailblazing hospital in promoting a living donor kidney transplant programme.

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Servicios Asistenciales Transversales

La Fundació Puigvert dispone de un Servicio de Laboratorio propio, así como servicios de Urgencias 24/7, Anestesiología, Radiodiagnóstico, Enfermería Especializada, Psicología Clínica, Documentación Médica y  Farmacia Hospitalaria, que tienen como misión el soporte a la asistencia integral, efectiva y humana en nuestras áreas de especialización, así como promocionar el desarrollo, el conocimiento científico y la docencia.

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Urology

We provide comprehensive urological care with a 360º approach. Founded as an institution that was almost exclusively devoted to urology, we boast more than half a century of experience and have a first-class medical team as well as cutting-edge technology for the diagnosis and treatment of all urogenital disorders.

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700
Human team
20
Specialised units
6.000
Surgeries/year
20.000
Emergencies /year

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