Ureteroceles

Dr. Leonard obtained his medical degree and Urology training at Queen's University at Kingston. He then went on to a Pediatric Urology Fellowship at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore. He has been in academic practice as a Pediatric Urologist since 1990. He has research interests in vesico-ureteric reflux and ureteroceles. He has recently served as President of the Canadian Urological Association (2015-2016). Dr. Guerra obtained his medical degree from the University of Pernambuco and Urology training at the University of Sao Paulo and Rocha Brito Foundation in 1991, in Brazil. He completed a Pediatric Urology Fellowship and received his masters in Clinical Epidemiology at the University of Ottawa in Canada. He works full time as Pediatrics Urologist at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario where he is the Chief of the Division of Pediatric Urology and is actively involved in clinical care, research and teaching.

1. Definition, classification and embryology 2. Diagnosis, clinical presentation and radiologic assessment 3. Active Surveillance 4. Endoscopic Incision 5. Upper pole hemi-nephrectomy 6. Uretero-pyelostomy or uretero-ureterostomy 7. Bladder level surgery for ureterocoeles 8. Complete reconstruction of the urinary tract 9. New surgical innovations in the management of ureterocoeles 10. Long term urological morbidity associated with ureterocoeles