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, reproductive organs and testes.
Common Urological problems in children include:
• Hypospadias
• Chordee (penile curvature)
• Epispadias
• Bladder Exstrophy
• Intersex Disorders (ambiguous genitalia)
• Hydronephrosis
• Vesicoureteral Reflux
• Ureteropelvic Junction Obstruction
• Ureterovesical Junction Obstruction
• Ureterocele
• Undescended Testicles (cryptorchidism)
• Varicocele
• Inguinal Hernia
• Hydrocele
• Umbilical Hernia
• Urachal Malformations (patent urachus, urachal cyst)
• Bladder Diverticulum
• Dysfunctional Voiding (Hinman's Syndrome)
• Urinary Tract Infection
• Bedwetting (nocturnal enuresis)
• Daywetting (bladder instability or bladder spasms)
• Botched Circumcision
• Encopresis
• Posterior Urethral Valves
• Anterior Urethral Valves
• Vaginal Duplication
• Imperforate Hymen
• Labial Adhesions
• Hematuria (blood in the urine)
• Proteinuria (protein in the urine)
• Crystalluria (crystals in the urine)
• Kidney Stones
• Genitourinary Cancers (e.g. testicular cancer, Wilm's tumor, rhabdomyosarcoma)
• Adrenal Hyperplasia (associated surgical problems such as clitoromegaly and fused labia)