Pediatric Urology

If your child has an illness or disease of the genitals or urinary tract (kidneys, ureters, bladder), a pediatric urologist has the experience and qualifications to treat your child.

What Types of Treatments Do Pediatric Urologists Provide?

Pediatric urologists are surgeons who can diagnose, treat, and manage children’s urinary and genital problems. Pediatric urologists generally provide the following services:

• Evaluation and management of voiding disorders, vesicoureteral reflux, and urinary tract infections that require surgery.
• Surgical reconstruction of the urinary tract (kidneys, ureters, and bladder) including genital abnormalities, hypospadias, and disorders of sex development.
• Surgery for groin conditions in childhood and adolescence (undescended testes, hydrocele/hernia, varicocele).
• Evaluation and surgical management of kidney stone disease.
• Surgical management of tumors and malignancies of the kidney, bladder, and testis.
• Evaluation and management of urological tract problems identified before birth.
• Evaluation and management of urinary tract problems associated with neurological conditions such as spina bifida.