Hospital Affiliations

Bower Urology is affiliated with HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital in Fort Pierce and HCA Florida St. Lucie Hospital in Port St. Lucie. These hospital affiliations help support patients who need hospital-based urologic surgery, advanced diagnostic care, or procedures that require specialized medical facilities.

Bower Urology works with affiliated hospitals on the Treasure Coast for procedures that require hospital resources, surgical suites, imaging support, or inpatient monitoring. Depending on the procedure and patient needs, care may be coordinated through HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital or HCA Florida St. Lucie Hospital.

Some urology procedures require hospital-based operating rooms, advanced imaging equipment, anesthesia support, specialized surgical teams, or overnight monitoring. This is often needed for more complex procedures such as robotic surgery, urologic cancer surgery, kidney surgery, reconstructive urology, or certain kidney stone procedures.

Yes. Bower Urology’s hospital affiliations support robotic-assisted urologic surgery when hospital-based resources are required. Robotic surgery may be used for select urologic conditions, including certain prostate, kidney, bladder, or reconstructive procedures, depending on the patient’s diagnosis and treatment plan.

Urology surgeries that may require a hospital setting include robotic-assisted procedures, kidney surgery, prostate surgery, bladder surgery, cancer-related procedures, complex kidney stone procedures, ureteral reconstruction, and other advanced urologic operations. A urologist will determine whether a procedure can be done outpatient or should be performed in a hospital.

Yes. Some kidney stone procedures may be performed in a hospital, especially if the stone is large, complex, painful, causing obstruction, or requires advanced surgical equipment. Hospital-based resources may support procedures such as laser lithotripsy, shockwave lithotripsy, ureteroscopy, or more complex stone removal.

Yes. Hospital affiliations can support urologic cancer treatment by giving patients access to surgical facilities, diagnostic resources, operating room teams, and coordinated hospital care. This may be important for conditions such as prostate cancer, kidney cancer, bladder cancer, or other complex urologic diagnoses.

Coordinated urology care means the patient can be evaluated in the urology office and then referred to an affiliated hospital if a procedure or advanced diagnostic service is needed. This helps create a smoother care process from consultation and testing to surgery, recovery, and follow-up.

No. A hospital affiliation does not mean every patient needs surgery. Many urologic conditions can be treated with medication, monitoring, office-based procedures, or outpatient care. Hospital-based care is only used when the condition, procedure, or patient’s medical needs require that level of support.

Your urologist will determine whether your procedure should be outpatient or hospital-based based on your diagnosis, procedure type, medical history, anesthesia needs, imaging requirements, and whether monitoring is needed after treatment. During consultation, Bower Urology can explain where the procedure may be performed and what to expect.