Pediatric Urology: Sensitive Approach, Expert Solutions
Why Does Pediatric Urology Exist?
The fact that the urological structures of children are different from adults has created the need for diagnosis and treatment techniques specific to them. Pediatric Urology covers the diagnosis, prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of urological diseases in infants, children, and adolescents, starting before birth. Treatments for congenital or acquired urinary and genital system diseases such as hydrocele, undescended testis, circumcision, and hypospadias, which can be seen in the neonatal and subsequent periods, are carried out in Pediatric Urology departments.
Expertise and Treatment Approach
The necessary treatment (surgical-medical) and follow-up of the most common conditions such as penis disorders in children (micropenis, buried penis, phimosis, hypospadias, epispadias anomalies, etc.), bladder disorders related to spina bifida, urinary reflux to the kidney (vesicoureteral reflux), urinary tract infections, urinary incontinence, nocturnal enuresis (bedwetting), and childhood stone diseases are performed by expert and experienced physicians in this field.
A Reference Center in Pediatric Urology
Childhood voiding disorders (urinary incontinence, nocturnal enuresis, inability to urinate, etc.) are the most frequently treated disorders in the Academic Hospital Pediatric Urology Department. Academic Hospital is a reference center, especially regarding the urodynamic examinations of these children.
Advanced Treatment Applications
Intravesical botox applications and bladder augmentation operations are successfully performed as bladder capacity enlargement procedures in children with neurogenic bladder.
Service Areas of Pediatric Urology
Pay Attention to These Symptoms in Children!
Most urological disorders in children progress insidiously and do not show symptoms. However, in case of the following complaints, parents acting carefully and taking their child to a Pediatric Urology specialist can prevent much more serious health problems that may arise in the future:
