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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.
003784. [edit on Wikidata] In urology, voiding cystourethrography (VCUG) is a frequently performed technique for visualizing a person's urethra and urinary bladder while the person urinates (voids). It is used in the diagnosis of vesicoureteral reflux (kidney reflux), among other disorders. [1] The technique consists of catheterizing the person ...
Laurence S. Baskin. Nationality. American. Occupation. Professor. Known for. Research on urinary bladder. Laurence S. Baskin is a professor of pediatrics and chief of pediatric urology at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). His specialty is pediatric urologic reconstruction and the urologic care of patients with myelomeningocele.
Specialty. Urology. Cystitis cystica is an uncommon chronic reactive inflammatory disease that is believed to be brought on by a tumor, calculi, infection, or obstruction of the urothelium. [1] Cystitis glandularis is a proliferative progression of cystitis cystica that is distinguished by urothelial glandular metaplasia. [2]
In 2010, the Pediatric Urology Department at Oklahoma Children's Hospital was ranked as the 14th best Urology Department in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. [19] In 2012, the Mother & Baby Center at Oklahoma Children's Hospital received an "Excellence in Patient Care" award from the healthcare firm Studer Group. [20]
Boston Children's Hospital (formerly known as Children's Hospital Boston until 2013) [1] is the main pediatric training and research hospital of Harvard Medical School, Harvard University. [2] It is a nationally ranked, freestanding acute care children's hospital located at the centre of Harvard Longwood Medical and Academic Area in Boston ...
Arkansas Children's is a designated Level 4 Epilepsy Center, [20] meaning board-certified specialists deliver the most advanced care for epilepsy in the world. The 2016 list of "Best Doctors in America" features several physicians on staff at Arkansas Children's Hospital. More than 100 additional physicians included in the list were affiliated ...
Hydronephrosis describes hydrostatic dilation of the renal pelvis and calyces as a result of obstruction to urine flow downstream. Alternatively, hydroureter describes the dilation of the ureter, and hydronephroureter describes the dilation of the entire upper urinary tract (both the renal pelvicalyceal system and the ureter).