March 01, 2012
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Although stone disease in pediatric patients is on the rise and minimally invasive techniques to deal with it are increasing, there is a lack of evidence-based standards to care for these patients.
Urologists' reports of stones in pediatric patients varies by region.
Hypocitraturia is the leading metabolic risk factor in children with stone disease, and the majority of a study's cohort had an identifiable metabolic cause for their urolithiasis.
February 15, 2012
Undiagnosed constipation, rather than problems with the bladder, may be to blame for nocturnal enuresis in some children, say researchers from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC.
February 01, 2012
Urologists think it's up to parents to decide whether circumcision should be performed on their child.
July 01, 2011
A population-based study evaluating 25-year trends in renal stone findings among children reported a 4% per year increase in incidence driven by consistently escalating renal stone rates in the 12- to 17-year age group.
Radiation and surgical techniques for treating kidney stones may not be appropriate in a pediatric population.
June 01, 2011
Tubularized urethras can be engineered from autologous cells and used successfully in the reconstruction of complex posterior urethral defects in children to maintain function long-term.
May 15, 2011
Continuing progress in the area of tissue engineering holds the greatest potential impact, not just in pediatric urology or even the entire specialty, but for medicine and society as a whole.
April 01, 2011
The first-ever nationwide survey of antibiotic use in children with urinary tract infections found that the use of third-generation cephalosporins more than doubled between 1998 and 2007.
