“We are very committed to nerve-sparing surgery at The Birmingham Prostate Clinic because we know it is extremely important to many of our patients.”
Alan Doherty, Clinical Director
The Birmingham Prostate Clinic
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Treatments
Benign prostate conditions and urinary symptoms
Our Prostate assessment clinic provides a detailed one stop analysis of the prostate gland with PSA measurement, urinary flow measurement and bladder ultrasound scanning. State of the art prostate imaging and biopsy equipment allows for virtually pain-free prostate assessment and biopsies. The Birmingham Prostate Clinic is one of the first in the country to introduce Greenlight Laser treatment for benign prostate enlargement. This is a safe, effective and non-invasive treatment, with minimal side-effects and complications, which can be carried out as a day case procedure.
Prostate cancer
Many treatment options exist for early stage (organ confined) prostate cancer. The Birmingham Prostate Clinic makes it easier for patients to obtain expert advice without multiple visits to different hospitals and specialists. Our team of oncologists and urologists combine to provide treatments such as:
For more advanced prostate cancer, Birmingham Prostate Clinic specialists will offer expert and judicious use of external beam radiotherapy, chemotherapy, hormones and bisphosphonates. The correct use of these drugs is essential not only for increasing survival but also for the palliation of symptoms.
Bladder cancer
Our consultants have extensive experience in Radical Cystectomy (Mr Doherty has performed over 75 cases), neobladder formation and bladder preserving external beam radiotherapy with neo-adjuvant chemotherapy.
Kidney cancer
The Birmingham Prostate Clinic performs Laparoscopic radical nephrectomy (Mr Doherty has performed more than 50 cases) and Partial nephron sparing nephrectomy as suitable surgical treatments.