Pediatric Urology
What to Do With Renal Cysts in Children?
To explore the current practice patterns for the management of renal cysts internationally among pediatric urologists and nephrologists.Caregiver Reported Reasons for Delay of Neonatal Circumcision
To determine caregiver-reported reasons for delay of desired neonatal circumcision.Bladder Herniation as an Auto-Augmentation Technique in Bladder Exstrophy: Initial Experience in Patients with Small Bladder Plate
To present our long-term experience of bladder plate herniation technique in patients with bladder exstrophy epispadias complex (BEEC) and inadequate bladder plate.Fate of Pediatric Renal Angiomyolipoma During mTOR Inhibitor Treatment in Tuberous Sclerosis Complex
To evaluate the clinical and radiographic follow-up of renal angiomyolipoma (AML) in pediatric patients with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) on mTOR inhibitors.Voiding Cystourethrogram in Children With Unilateral Multicystic Dysplastic Kidney: Is It Still necessary?
To evaluate the value of the voiding cystourethrogram (VCUG) in children with multicystic dysplastic kidney (MCDK) who have a normal versus abnormal contralateral kidney and bladder ultrasound (US), and assess the risk of having vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) or urinary tract infection (UTI) based on the US results.Female Authorship Publishing Trends and Forecasting in Pediatric Urology: Are We Closer to Gender Equality?
To review the literature of 5 pediatric urology topics and conduct gender based and forecasting analyses of first and corresponding authors.Accuracy of Ultrasound in Identifying Renal Scarring as Compared to DMSA Scan
To assess the accuracy of renal ultrasound (RUS) in detecting renal scarring (RS).Association Between Daily Water Intake and 24-hour Urine Volume Among Adolescents With Kidney Stones
To determine the association between daily water intake and 24-hour urine volume among adolescents with nephrolithiasis in order to estimate a “fluid prescription,” the additional water intake needed to increase urine volume to a target goal.Bracka's Method of Proximal Hypospadias Repair: Preputial Skin or Buccal Mucosa?
To analyze treatment results of staged surgical repair of proximal forms of hypospadias according to Bracka's technique using preputial vs buccal grafts.Penile Disassembly in Complete Primary Repair of Bladder Exstrophy: Time for Re-evaluation?
To explore a series of classic bladder exstrophy (CBE) cases referred to the authors’ institution where primary closure with penile disassembly epispadias repair was complicated by penile injury. The penile disassembly technique is frequently combined with bladder closure in patients with CBE undergoing the complete primary repair of exstrophy (CPRE). Penile disassembly has been posited as a risk for penile injury by ischemic mechanisms.Variation of Gonadal Dysgenesis and Tumor Risk in Patients With 45,X/46,XY Mosaicism
To describe the gonadal features of patients with 45,X/46,XY mosaicism, and to evaluate the prevalence of gonadal tumor in different phenotypes.Efficacy and Safety of Supracostal Access for Mini Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy in Pediatric Patients
To evaluate the efficacy and safety of supracostal percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) through the 11th intercostal space and compare it with subcostal PCNL in children with renal calculi.Frequency and Variability of Advice Given to Parents on Care of the Uncircumcised Penis by Pediatric Residents: A Need to Improve Education
To understand the extent to which pediatricians are providing advice on care of the uncircumcised penis and the advice they are providing. We hypothesized that pediatric residents lack preparedness to offer parents advice on caring for the uncircumcised penis and as such are unlikely to offer such advice.Antibiotic Prophylaxis Prescribing Patterns of Pediatric Urologists for Children with Vesicoureteral Reflux and other Congenital Anomalies of the Kidney and Urinary Tract
To determine pediatric urologists’ antibiotic prophylaxis prescribing practices for children with vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) and other congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT).Utility of Skin Grafting and Tissue Expansion in Penile Reconstruction for the Exstrophy-Epispadias Complex
To describe the use of additional tissue recruited for coverage after penile lengthening in male exstrophy-epispadias complex patients using either local skin from tissue expansion (TE) or extragenital skin with a skin graft (SG) and report their respective outcomes.Prevalence of Phimosis in Males of All Ages: Systematic Review
Phimosis is considered virtually universal in newborn males and likely to resolve within a few years. Persistent phimosis can result in pain, sexual dysfunctions, increased risk of penile inflammatory conditions and penile cancer. There are two forms – primary phimosis and secondary phimosis – the latter often representing a consequence of lichen sclerosis, diabetes and obesity.Müllerian Remnant Embedded in Labia Majora
A15-year-old female presented to our Pediatric Urology Clinic complaining of inability to use tampons. She has a particularly complex medical history including Klippel-Feil syndrome, which is a congenital musculoskeletal condition characterized by the fusion of 2 vertebrae of the neck, bilateral microtia with aural atresia and conductive hearing loss, dysmorphic facial features and a cloacal malformation with a common urogenital sinus. Genetic testing revealed 46XX with a very small gain of material at 10q23.11.Testis-sparing Surgery for Pediatric Leydig Cell Tumors: Evidence of Favorable Outcomes Irrespective of Surgical Margins
To review our single institution experience, exploring the role of testis-sparing surgical resection in a cohort of children with Testicular Leydig cell tumors (LCTs).Albuminuria in Pediatric Neurogenic Bladder: Identifying an Earlier Marker of Renal Disease
To investigate the role of albuminuria as a clinical marker of early renal disease in children with neurogenic bladder (NGB) in association with commonly used predictors of renal risk.Door To Detorsion Time Determines Testicular Survival
To determine the importance of the duration of in-hospital management of patients with testicular torsion for testes survival. The time from onset of symptoms until surgery is a well-known factor determining testicular survival but there is no data regarding the contribution of in-hospital management duration to testicular survival. Unlike the time from onset of symptoms until seeking medical attention, the time from registration to the emergency department (ED) to the time of detorsion—“Door To Detorsion time” (DTD) is dependent on medical providers and should be minimized.Over-reliance on P Values in Urology: Fragility of Findings in the Hydronephrosis Literature Calls for Systematic Reporting of Robustness Indicators
To review the robustness of hydronephrosis literature with the application of fragility index (FI) and fragility quotient (FQ) calculations.A Prospective Study of the Urinary and Gastrointestinal Microbiome in Prepubertal Males
To determine if urinary microbial communities similar to those described in adults exist in children and to profile the urinary and gastrointestinal microbiome in children presenting to urology for both routine and complex urologic procedures.Exploration of Practice Patterns in Exstrophy Closures: A Comparison Between Surgical Specialties Using a National and Institutional Database
To compare the surgical subspecialties performing bladder exstrophy closures and characterize their practice patterns using both a national and institutional database.Validation and Preliminary Results of the Parental Assessment of Children's External Genitalia Scale for Females (PACE-F) for Girls With Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
To validate a parental assessment of children's external genitalia scale for females (PACE-F) for girls with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) by adapting the validated adult female genital self-image scale.Pediatric Urinary Stone Disease in the United States: The Urologic Diseases in America Project
To examine the recent epidemiology of pediatric urinary stone disease (USD) in the United States.
