Department of Urology at University Hospital Stuttgart, located at the Katharinen Hospital, provides the full range of comprehensive care for diseases of the urinary tract as well as the male genital system, including transplantation surgery. The main focus of the facility is on the treatment of tumors of the bladder, kidney, prostate, and external genitalia as well as maintenance organ functions such as kidney function. Other common diseases like urinary stones and benign prostatic enlargement are treated through minimally invasive procedures using endoscopes. The department is headed by Prof. Dr. Ulrich Humke who has been listed by FOCUS Magazine among the best doctors in Germany in the areas of urological tumors and prostatic diseases.
The medical team performs over 1,000 surgical and around 7,000 endoscopic urological procedures every year for patients with inflammatory diseases, urinary stones, malformations, and incontinence. Experienced surgeons of the department carry out complex surgeries such as postmortem and live donated kidney transplantation for patients with kidney failure. The clinic is an ultra-modern facility that offers laparoscopic surgeries for cyst and tumor removal as well as the latest, state-of-the-art equipment such as the DaVinci system to perform robot-assisted minimally invasive operations.
The Department of Urology at University Hospital Stuttgart is specialized in the diagnosis and treatment of:

• Prostate cancer
• Benign prostatic hyperplasia
• Prostatitis
• Erectile dysfunction
• Infertility
• Kidney stones
• Kidney cancer
• Urinary incontinence
• Bladder tumors
• Urinary tract infections