Prof. Dr. Gunter De Win · MD, PhD, FEAPU
Gunter De Win is a reconstructive urologist. He operates on the urethra, genitals and bladder, for conditions present from birth and for those that develop later, and follows patients from childhood into adult life.
Surgical expertise
Reconstructive surgery of the lower urinary tract and genitals, often for people who were operated on as children or who need further surgery after an earlier repair.
Narrowing of the urethra, the tube that carries urine out of the bladder, in men and women. It can make passing urine slow or difficult.
Surgery Urethroplasty with buccal mucosa (inner-cheek) grafts, glans-preserving repair of strictures near the tip, staged repair for extensive disease such as lichen sclerosus, and endoscopic techniques.
A condition present from birth in which the opening of the urethra is not at the tip of the penis.
Surgery Distal hypospadias repair, and salvage surgery for adolescents and adults after one or more earlier repairs that did not succeed.
A rare condition present from birth in which the bladder and urethra do not close normally.
Care Genital and bladder reconstruction and long-term follow-up, including sexual function and fertility in adult life.
Narrowing where the bladder joins the urethra, for example after removal of the prostate (vesicourethral anastomotic stenosis, VUAS).
Surgery Endo-laparoscopic repair with a buccal mucosa graft, combining an endoscopic and a minimally invasive laparoscopic approach.
Damage to the bladder and urinary tract linked to recreational ketamine use, with pain, urgency and frequent urination.
Care Assessment and treatment, including reconstructive surgery where needed.
Varicocele and testicular development during puberty, and voiding and sexual dysfunction in young people.
Care Treatment that takes growth and development into account, and a planned move from paediatric to adult care.
Consultant in adolescent, paediatric and reconstructive urology, Antwerp University Hospital (UZA)
Urethral reconstruction training at the Kulkarni Urethroplasty Centre, Pune, India
Best Educational Video, SIU Istanbul – endo-laparoscopic repair of bladder-neck stenosis after radical prostatectomy
Programme director, ESPU–FEAPU training centre for paediatric urology at UZA
Board of Directors, GURS (Society of Genito-Urinary Reconstructive Surgeons)
Fistula surgery missions in Kisantu, DR Congo
General information only. Patients are seen through the hospital, not through this website.
The approach
Congenital conditions followed through puberty and into adult life, with careful transition from paediatric to adult care.
Physical function considered together with development, sexuality, fertility and psychosocial wellbeing – alongside other disciplines.
Reconstruction aimed at how the body works in everyday life: voiding, sexual function and quality of life.
Clinical practice informed by research into long-term outcomes, surgical education and new techniques.
About
Gunter De Win is an adolescent, paediatric and reconstructive urologist. He is Associate Professor at the University of Antwerp and consultant at Antwerp University Hospital (UZA), his permanent academic and clinical base, and part-time consultant in congenital lifelong urology at University College London Hospitals (UCLH).
He studied medicine and trained in urology through KU Leuven, where he also completed a PhD in surgical education. He then completed fellowships at UCLH and Great Ormond Street Hospital, and trained in urethral reconstruction at the Kulkarni Urethroplasty Centre in Pune, India.
Prof. Dr. Gunter De Win
Adolescent, paediatric and reconstructive urologist · Antwerp & London
Fistula surgery missions in Kisantu, DR Congo (2010 – 2020), and medical work in post-tsunami refugee camps in Matara, Sri Lanka (2005 – 2006).
Speaking & teaching
Lectures, live surgical demonstrations, workshops and panels for urologists, paediatric teams, sexologists, educators and public audiences – in Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and the Americas.
Fossa navicularis and distal strictures, complex and failed hypospadias repairs, glans-preserving and endoscopic techniques.
Transition of care, and sexual, fertility and long-term outcomes after childhood surgery.
Simulation, structured laparoscopic training and how skills transfer to the operating room.
Findings and questions from the SWYPPE research consortium.
What clinicians and the public should know about ketamine uropathy.
Home uroflowmetry, digital urotherapy and more sustainable operating rooms.
Invited keynote on SWYPPE
Lustrum Congress VVS / NVVS · AntwerpLectures and live surgery
UAA Conference & EAMC Course · ManilaInstructor, transition of care
ESU–Weill Cornell Masterclass · SalzburgTransitional urology
EAU Annual Congress · LondonInternational faculty
USANZ Annual Meeting · MelbourneMain organiser & host
Global (ES)GURS–ESAU · AntwerpDownload a ready-to-use biography, or get in touch for photographs and topic details.
Research
Consortium coordinator · 2024 – 2028
Sexual Wellbeing of Young People in Times of Widespread Pornography Use
An interuniversity, interdisciplinary consortium (FWO-SBO) with KU Leuven, Ghent University, VUB, PXL and the University of Antwerp. Researchers from medicine, psychology, social and educational sciences study how young people’s sexual development and wellbeing relate to widely available online pornography.
Buccal mucosa grafts and endoscopic repair of bladder-neck stenosis and bulbar strictures.
Sexual wellbeing and fertility after congenital conditions and childhood surgery.
Simulation and the transfer of surgical skills into practice.
Home uroflowmetry, digital bladder diaries and wearable sensors.
Testicular and urethral development during puberty.
Reusable textiles and less waste in the operating room.
Media & public education
Correcting misinformation with evidence – on radio, television, in print and online.
What the evidence actually says
Before, during and after surgery
Studies in plain language
Transition, puberty, fertility and sexuality
Education, not individual medical advice.
Contact
For speaking invitations, academic collaborations, research and media enquiries.
gunter.dewin@uza.beThis website does not offer consultations, appointments or individual medical advice. Please contact the hospital through its official channels, and do not send personal medical information here.