Pediatric Urology for Primary Care

An excellent reference for primary care pediatricians and other health care professionals who treat a wide range of urological conditions, this book covers everything from bed-wetting, congenital defects, and diaper rash to perinatal concerns. The latest diagnostic and treatment recommendations are provided for a wide range of clinical presentations, with discussion of differential diagnoses. To clarify points of diagnosis, 220 color images, illustrations, and scans are included.

TOPICS INCLUDE

• Urological emergencies in pediatrics
• Penile problems, anomalies, and procedures
• Urogynecology
• Cryptorchidism
• Pediatric urinary tract infection
• Urological oncology in pediatrics
• Vesicoureteral reflux
• And more…

Saul P. Greenfield, MD, FAAP, FACS, is the Director of Pediatric Urology at Oishei Children’s Hospital and a Professor of Clinical Urology at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo. He has also served as Chair of the Urology Section of the American Academy of Pediatrics, as well as President of the Societies for Pediatric Urology. He was a recipient of the Duckett award for excellence in pediatric urologic research. His clinical and research interests run the gamut of surgery for congenital urologic conditions—in particular, hypospadias repair and vesicoureteral reflux. He was most recently a primary investigator in the National Institutes of Health-sponsored RIVUR trial (Randomized Intervention for the treatment of VesicoUreteral Reflux).

Christopher S. Cooper, MD, FAAP, FACS, is Professor and Vice Chairman of Urology at the University of Iowa, Iowa City. He also serves as Director of the Pediatric Urology Division at the Children’s Hospital. In addition, he serves as Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education in the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine. In 2017, he was awarded the endowed Tyrone D. Artz Chair in Urology.