Kelalis King Belman Textbook of Clinical Pediatric Urology

Dr. Steven G. Docimo, is currently senior vice president, Clinical Operations for National Relationships for the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. He has authored more than 300 papers, abstracts, videos, books, and book chapters. Douglas A. Canning, MD, is chief of the Division of Urology at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and a professor of urology in surgery at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. He holds the Leonard and Madlyn Abramson endowed chair in pediatric urology. Dr. Antoine Khoury, MD, FRCSC, FAAP, is the chief of pediatric urology and, with more than 25 years of experience, leads the CHOC (Community Housing Opportunities Corporation) Children's Urology Center. He is a professor of urology at University of California, Irvine (UCI) and the Walter R. Schmid endowed chair in pediatric urology at UCI. Dr. Joao Luiz Pippi Salle is the division chief of urology at Sidra Medical and Research Center in Doha, Qatar. He was the former chief of urology of the Montreal Children's Hospital as well as at the Toronto Sick Kids Hospital, in Canada.

Evaluation of the Pediatric Urologic Patient. History & physical examination of the child. Laboratory assessment of the pediatric urologic patient. Fetal urology and prenatal diagnosis. Office ultrasonography. Pediatric renal nuclear medicine. Prenatal and postnatal urologic emergencies. Urinary tract infections in children. Fungal, parasitic, and other inflammatory diseases of the genitourinary tract. Pain management for the pediatric urologic patient. Office pediatric urology. Principles of minimally invasive surgery. Pediatric fluid management. Transition of urologic care into adulthood. Embryology of the genitourinary tract. The Adrenal. Adrenal or suprarenal gland development. Radiologic assessment of the adrenal. Adrenal tumors and functional consequences. Surgery of the adrenal. The Kidney. Basic science of the kidney. Renal vasculature and kidney. Renal anomalies. Fetal and neonatal renal function. Cystic kidney disease. Acute renal failure. Renal transplantation. Renal calculus disease. Endourology for stone disease. Renal parenchymal imaging in children. Assessment of renal obstructive disorders: ultrasound, nuclear medicine, and magnetic resonance imaging. Ureteropelvic junction obstruction and multicystic dysplastic kidney: surgical management. Laparoscopic nephrectomy and pyeloplasty. Wilms tumor. Surgical approaches for renal tumors. Upper urinary tract trauma. The Ureter. The ureter. Ureteral development. The imaging of reflux and ureteral disease. Ureteral anomalies and their surgical management. Megaureter. Ureteral duplication anomalies: ectopic ureters and ureteroceles. Laparoscopic management of duplication anomalies. Vesicoureteral reflux: anatomic and functional basis or etiology. Non-surgical management of vesicouretero reflux. Surgery for vesicoureteral reflux. Minimally invasive approaches to correct vesicoureteral reflex. Injection therapy for vesicoureteral reflux. The Bladder and Prostate. Basic science of the prostate. Basic science of the urinary bladder. Embryology of the anterior abdominal wall, bladder, and proximal urethra. Radiologic assessment of bladder disorders. Urodynamic of the lower and upper urinary tract. Neurologic control of storage and voiding. Neurogenic voiding dysfunction and non-surgical management. Non neurogenic daytime incontinence and nocturnal enuresis. Bowel management in the pediatric urologic patient. Operations for the weak bladder outlet. Bladder augmentation: current and future techniques. Urinary diversion. The Malone antegrade continence enema (MACE). Minimally invasive approaches to lower urinary tract reconstruction. Genitourinary rhabdomyosarcoma and other bladder tumors. Exstrophy and epispadias. Unusual conditions of the bladder, including bladder trauma, urachal anomalies, and bladder diverticula. Posterior urethral values. Prune belly syndrome. Urethra, External Genitalia and Retroperitoneum. Basic science of the genitalia. Basic science of the testis. Gonads, genital ducts, and genitalia. Intersex. Anorectal malformation and cloaca. Cloacal anomalies. Surgery for intersex disorders and urogenital sinus. Hypospadias. Surgery for urethral trauma and stricture. Abnormalities of the penis and scrotum. Penile replacement surgery. Hernia, hydroceles, testicular torsion and varicocele. Minimally invasive management of inguinal hernias. Cryptorchidism. Surgical management of the undescended testis. Testicular tumors. Tumors of the retroperitoneum.