Pediatric urology

Pediatric urology is a surgical subspecialty of medicine dealing with the disorders of children's genitourinary systems. Pediatric urologists provide care for both boys and girls ranging from birth to early adult age. The most common problems are those involving disorders of urination and testes.

Some of the problems they deal with are:

• Bladdercontrol problems such as enuresisand daytime urinary incontinence
• Undescended testes (cryptorchidism)
• Hypospadias
• Urolithiasis(bladder and kidney stones)
• Chordeeand other minor malformations of the penis
• Phimosis
• Urinary obstructionand ureteral reflux
• Neurogenic bladder(e.g., associated with spina bifida)
• Tumors and cancers of the kidneys
• Repair of genitourinary trauma
• Genitourinary malformations and birth defects
  • Prune belly syndrome
  • Cloacal exstrophy, bladder exstrophy, and epispadias
  • Ambiguous genitaliaand intersexconditions

In North America, most pediatric urologists are associated with children's hospitals. Training for board certificationin pediatric urology typically consists of a surgery internship as part of a urology residencyfollowed by subspecialty training in pediatric urology at a major children's hospital.

External link

• American Urological Association pediatric pages

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