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General Information What do Pediatric Urologists Treat? Pediatric urologists treat children (and occasionally adults) with reconstructive problems related to the genitourinary tract (kidneys, ureters, bladder, urethra, vagina, genitalia). Such patients might have any one of a number of conditions, including congenital malformations of the genitalia or urinary tract, or new or acquired diseases of the genitourinary tract. Complications arising from circumcision are also commonly seen. We also commonly see women carrying fetuses with apparent urinary tract malformations noted on prenatal ultrasound, i.e. hydronephrosis (water retention in the kidney). Common problems include: HypospadiasChordee (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) |
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