Avera urologists provide compassionate care for patients when they diagnose and treat urologic conditions with treatment options such as:
- Hydrocele diagnosis and treatment
- Voiding difficulty or overactive bladder conditions
- Neurogenic bladder
- Kidney stones
- Enlarged prostate
- Prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment
- Bladder cancer management
- Blood in urine (hematuria) evaluation
- Incontinence
Procedures offered in clinic exam rooms and offices include:
- Cystoscopy
- Catheter and suprapubic tube management
- Prostate biopsy
- Uroflowmetry
At Avera St. Mary’s Hospital, surgeons apply advanced surgical approaches and offer many minimally invasive procedures. Your entire care team will work with you to offer treatment options such as:
- Prostate cancer care (SpaceOAR™ placement, gold fiducial marker placement)
- Bladder care including surgical placement of slings, bulking agents and the removal of bladder tumors
- Circumcision
- Surgery to treat and remove kidney stones
- Prostate enlargement surgery
When you are scheduled for a procedure, you will receive a call beforehand to go over important details, such as:
- Time of arrival and of surgery
- Your medical history and medications
- Health insurance coverage information
- Any special instructions
We have multiple pharmacy options for our patients.
- Walk-In and Drive-Up Pharmacy: Our on-site pharmacy in another building on campus provides a full range of prescription medications available for pickup for your convenience.
- 24/7 Script Center Pharmacy Kiosk: Located inside the main hospital lobby, the kiosk dispenses medications for patients signed up for this service. Ask your Avera pharmacist or call 605-224-7334 if you have questions or want to transfer your prescriptions to the kiosk. After you’re set up, you’ll visit the kiosk, enter your information on screen, and then receive the dispensed medication. Scripts are loaded in the kiosk at 4 PM each day.
- Pharmacotherapy: We see patients in Pierre at our pharmacotherapy clinic, which specializes in the care and management of diabetes, blood pressure and high cholesterol.
- Specialty Medications: If your care requires a specialty prescription not available in our on-campus pharmacy, local staff can connect you with the Avera Specialty Pharmacy in Sioux Falls to fill and ship your medicines.
