Washington University urologic surgeons at Barnes-Jewish Hospital have expertise and extensive experience performing complex reconstructive surgery on the kidney, ureter, bladder, urethra and male genitals. Our section is unique because we are a high-volume center with a multidisciplinary approach, combining the expertise and experience of urologists, plastic surgeons and colorectal surgeons. These nationally recognized surgeons have particular expertise in the following problems:
- Recto-urinary fistulas after prostate or pelvic surgery
- Urethral strictures (stenosis)
- Radiation-induced urinary fistulas
- Urethral disruption injuries from pelvic fracture
- Major bladder reconstruction – urinary diversion, continent catherizable stomas (Mitrofanoff, Monti), neobladder, augmentation cystoplasty, MACE (antegrade continent enema)
- Major ureter reconstruction - Boari flap, Psoas hitch, ileal ureter, trans-ureteroureterostomy, complex pyleoplasty
- Vesicovaginal or ureterovaginal fistulas after hysterectomy
- Male urinary incontinence – artificial urinary sphincter, male sling, bulking agents
- Peyronie’s disease – plaque incision and grafting, penile plication.