Urology - TEST

Ranked among the "Best Regional Hospitals" in the New York Metro area by U.S. News & World Report for Urology, Northern Westchester Hospital provides quality, patient-centered urologic care and expertise, close to home.

Minimally-Invasive and Robot-Assisted Urology Surgery

Through minimally invasive surgery, such as laparoscopic, and/or robot-assisted laparoscopic surgical procedures, patients at Northern Westchester Hospital now have a greater range of effective treatment options and in many cases can even undergo same-day surgery.

At Northern Westchester Hospital, surgeons use the da Vinci Robot, which is a tremendously sophisticated and precise surgical tool. The robot enables our surgeons to conduct minimally invasive surgery with greater precision by enhancing their skills with delicate instrumentation that enables a greater degree of surgical steadiness and finesse. Read more >

NWH is one of only a few hospitals outside of New York City that is using the da Vinci® System for kidney, bladder, and prostate surgery.

Benefits of this technology include:

• Less postoperative pain
• A lower risk of infection
• Minimal scarring
• Decreased blood loss
• Faster recovery times
• Discharged from Hospital sooner
• Earlier return to daily routine
• Removal of kidney tumors without sacrificing the entire kidney
• Lower incidence of impotence and incontinence from a prostatectomy
   

The da Vinci® ‘Robot’ is used to treat cancers and other conditions of the prostate, kidneys, and bladder and to reconstruct the urinary tract.

Robotic Urology Surgeries

• Radical prostatectomy
• Partial cystectomy
• Radical cystectomy
• Simple and radical nephrectomy
• Partial nephrectomy
• Pyeloplasty
• Ureteroureterostomy
• Ureterectomy and ureteral re-implantation
• Pelvic lymphadenectomy

Pediatric Urology

NWH is pleased to be able to offer this highly specialized procedure to treat the following conditions in children:

• Bladder augmentation
• Nephrectomy
• Pyeloplasty
• Partial nephrectomy
• Urinary diversion
• Ureteral reconstruction

Dr. Warren Bromberg is Chief, Urology:  914.241.1050