Urology Surgery Department was formally established in April 2001, separated from Pediatric Surgery which was founded in 1960. With the rapid development and growth of the discipline, it has developed as one of the largest pediatric urological disease diagnosis and treatment centers in China. The department has two wards with 96 beds, including 4 VIP rooms. The annual urology specialist outpatient visits exceeded 120,000. More than 6,500 inpatients have been admitted and over 6,000 operations have been performed annually, 80% among which were Grade 3 and 4 surgeries. With more than three separate operating rooms, more than 800 day-time operations and 9,000 outpatient minor operations in the department are performed every year. There are 3 chief physician, 1 doctoral supervisor, 2 master supervisor, 9 deputy chief physicians, 10 attending physicians in the department.

The department has published more than 200 articles in top professional journals at home and abroad, and conducted regular academic exchanges with experts from the United States, Canada, and Germany. The employees in the department have been invited to record special programs on CCTV, and science programs on local TV stations.

In the past 20 years, with the popularization of prenatal ultrasound screening and high detection rate of urogenital malformations, the department actively participated in the multidisciplinary joint outpatient clinic of Zhejiang Prenatal Diagnosis Center, accumulating a large number of prenatal diagnosis of various genitourinary malformations. The experience allowed most of the genitourinary malformations to be diagnosed immediately before delivery, which laid a solid foundation for prenatal consultation and timely treatment after birth.

(1) Diagnosis and treatment of upper urinary tract malformations: Through continuous learning and external communication, the department can always treat children with various types of upper urinary tract malformations according to the latest international concepts. Over the years, it has accumulated rich clinical experience, carrying out various types of minimally invasive surgery, including laparoscopic surgery and robot-assisted surgery. It is the first children's hospital in China to introduce the American da Vinci robot assisted laparoscopic surgery system, which can then perform ultra-fine and minimally invasive surgery in the hospital. At present, more than 800 cases of robot assisted laparoscopic surgery for upper urinary tract malformations have been carried out, ranking among the top in the world.

(2)Sexual abnormality (hermaphrodism): With a low incidence, the diseases have complicated conditions and a variety of causes. At present, the hospital accepts more than 120 patients from all over the country every year and accumulated rich clinical experience. Therefore, it can perform individualized assessment of each child with sexual dysplasia, cooperating with endocrinology, pediatric genetics, psychology, pediatric gynecology, and medical iconography, according to the latest international assessment requirements. The multidisciplinary team also discusses the gender determination of the child with the parents, and can perform plastic surgery on various severe external genital deformities according to the latest international concepts to restore the child to the male or female body, so that the child can enter the kindergarten cheerfully.

(3) Urolithiasis: Urolithiasis includes several types of stones such as oxalate stone, cystine stone, uric stone, et al. Due to the complexity of stone formation, our department not only uses different approaches such as dietotherapy, extracorporeal lithotripsy, and micro-invasive techniques to eliminate stones, but performs treatment from etiological perspectives. Conduct comprehensive research on the etiology and pathogenesis of urinary stones in children. At the same time, research on minimally invasive surgery for urinary stones and robot assisted extracorporeal shock wave localization system was carried out.

(4) Hypospadias: The senior doctors can perform proficient high-quality surgical treatment of various types of hypospadias with different degrees of severity, and more than 600 cases of operation should be operated in the department.

(5)Prenatal diagnosis of urogenital malformations: Having been participated in the multidisciplinary consultation of Zhejiang Provincial Prenatal Diagnosis Center for nearly 20 years, the department has accumulated the experience of more than 5,000 cases. It can give about 90% diagnosis accuracy and prognosis evaluation for more than 10 kinds of genitourinary malformations during fetal period, providing obstetricians and pregnant families with more accurate and more reliable prenatal consultation. After birth of children, it can develop an appropriate postnatal assessment strategy and appropriate age treatment plan according to the latest international relevant guidelines for each child.