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Urologist & Andrologist
Apollo Multispecialty Hospitals , Kolkata, India35 Years of experience
Speaks: English
Dr. Amit Ghose is a renowned name in the field of urology in West Bengal, India. Dr. Ghose is a highly experienced urologist with more than 37 years of clinical experience, He is currently associated with Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals, Kolkata as consultant urologist. Dr. Amit was also associated with various institutes such as Wockhardt Hospital and Kidney Institute, Kothari Medical Center, Woodlands Hospital, and Anandalok Hospital. He completed his MBBS from Calcutta Medical College in the year 1982. Later, in 1986, he completed an MS in General Surgery from Calcutta Medical College. In the year 1990, he was awarded the fellowship of Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburg. Dr. Ghose has also done a Diploma in urology from London.
Dr. Amit Ghose is the founder of the Prostate Cancer Foundation and Bengal Urology Trust through which he spread awareness among the general people related to various urological diseases and prostate cancer. Dr. Amit is a trained urology surgeon and performs urological surgeries through minimally invasive surgeries. He has a keen interest in robotic surgeries, Da Vinci surgical systems, and laparoscopic surgeries. Dr. Amit has presented many papers and presentations at various national and international conferences. He is an esteemed member of the European Association of Urology, Association of Surgeons of India, British Association of Urological Surgeons, Urological Society of India, and American Urological Association.
The conditions that are treated by Dr. Amit Ghose are as follows::
In patients suffering from urological issues, Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) and Urinary incontinence have a routine occurrence. A patient usually endures incontinence because of any of these reasons:
Pain and hindrance to urine flow is what the kidney and uretral stones do to the patient, the smaller stones are passed out on their own many times whereas for the large stones medical or surgical help is needed. When patients have issues such as erectile dysfunction (ED), bladder cancer and prostate cancer, even then the urologist is the one who provides adequate treatment to the patients.
When their is a urological condition in the patient, the following signs and symptoms can be seen.:
A urological condition in a patient is obvious with symptoms like changed frequency of urination and the need to urinate even with a bladder that is empty. These are conditions which are related to the functions of filtering as well as carrying the urine in the body and can affect anyone, age and gender no bar..
10 am to 4 pm are the operating hours of the doctor from Monday through Friday whereas on Saturday and Sunday, the operating hours are 10 am to 1 pm. The doctor is known to be a thorough professional and often goes beyond the call of duty to help patients.
The procedures performed by Dr. Amit Ghose are outlined here for your perusal.:
It is a responsibility of Urologists to perform Vasectomy as well as Vasectomy reversal and these are two of the most popular procedures in Urology as they have a direct correlation with male contraception and its reversal. The Urology procedures involve removing the tumor in prostate, bladder or remove them entirely as well. Whether it is to get rid of portion of kidney, perform repairs post a trauma, or breaking up or removing stones of kidney, all of these are considered urological procedures.
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As a physician, it is a urologist who undertakes treatment of health conditions present in urinary tract and of male reproductive system. Adrenal glands, bladder, kidneys, urethra or ureters conditions will get you a referral to a urologist from your primary care doctor. The expertise of these doctors in treating conditions of seminal vesicles, penis, epididymis, prostate, and testes in men is well known and lauded. It is a urologist who diagnoses and treats patients for cancer in kidneys, bladder, testicles or prostate gland and for enlarged prostate, bladder prolapse.
Let us have a look at the routinely done Urology tests:
The physical exam is where the testing process usually begins from. The doctor will ask you questions, check your medical history before examining the urinary tract system, doing a digital rectal exam and examining the penis or testicles, if required. It goes without saying that blood and urine tests are an important component of the consultation process with the urologist as they help in figuring out what has gone wrong with the patient vis a vis the urological system. CT scan, Ultrasound, X-ray scans are a great tool to see what is not necessarily visible to the naked eye and fast forwarding the diagnoses of the health condition.
The foremost reason for you to go to see a urologist is urinary difficulties and some of these are:
More reasons for which you can visit the urologist are mentioned here for your convenience.:
A proper evaluation should happen as soon as possible before the symptoms indicate a worsening of the health condition. The seriousness of the condition and its related treatment process can only be decided in consultation with the urologist.