Reception Phone: 07 959 5700 Fax: 07 959 5702
hamilton@southerncrosshospitals.co.nz
General Manager: Mark Watson
Mr Dirk Drent
MB ChB 1975 Pretoria; FCS (SA) 1985Practising at
Southern Cross Hamilton HospitalSpecialty
UrologyFull NZ Registration Date
16 June 1994Private Services
Dirk Drent
Claudelands
Hamilton
07 847 0773
Special Clinical Interest(s)
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Prostate Cancer
- Laparoscopic Nerve Sparing Radical Prostatectomy
- Laparoscopic Pyeloplasty
- Laparoscopic Nephrectomy
- Laparoscopic Pelvic Reconstruction for female bladder and pelvic organ prolapse
- Female urinary incontinence
Professional Profile
I enjoy the diversity of male and female urology. I have been performing open radical prostatectomies for 22 years with excellent results in the patients detected early by PSA testing.
Since 2008 I have been doing laparoscopic nerve sparing radical prostatectomies on hundreds of patients.
The biggest paradigm shift in my practice has been to utilise laparoscopic procedures to repair fascial support defects in the female pelvis.