Handbook of Pediatric Urology (Broché)

Now updated and expanded for a second edition, this handbook is an accessible, reliable guide to the diagnosis and treatment of urology disorders in infants, children, and adolescents. It covers the full range of pediatric urologic problems in an easy-to-use outline format with numerous illustrations and tables. Extensively illustrated, it makes an excellent complement for the medical office, clinic, emergency room, or classroom. Features include: New chapters on laparoscopy in pediatric urology, sports recommendations for children with solitary kidneys and other genitourinary anomalies, preparing pediatric patients for anesthesia, and treatment of urinary incontinence and constipation; New chapter on online recommendations to meet patients' increasingly sophisticated computer research skills; Updated Pediatric Urology Facts and Figures Database serves as a quick reference on important medication issues; Updated chapters on the classic pediatric urology problems such as hypospadias, hydronephrosis, reflux, urinary tract infection, undescended testes, hernia, hydroceles, and congenital anomalies ; Appendices provide answers to questions that parents frequently ask about various disorders and surgical procedures, and gives instructions for postoperative patient care; And much more. No other text delivers the breadth of pediatric urology in one highly readable, easy-to-use source.