This book aims to impart all the practical knowledge required in order to evaluate and treat
children with anatomical neurological and functional incontinence. It explains how
appropriate choice of management in childhood depends first of all on a correct diagnosis then
on thorough urodynamic evaluation and finally on sound assessment of the condition of the
individual patient. The full range of relevant pathologies are considered and all of the
treatment options are extensively discussed including behavioral therapy rehabilitation
physiotherapy pharmacotherapy neuromodulation endoscopic procedures and surgical
reconstruction. Careful attention is paid to the impacts that treatments performed during
childhood may have on later adult life including on fertility and pregnancy with a view to
ensuring that the reader will be in a position to time treatments correctly thereby avoiding
adverse effects and possess all the information needed to address the concerns of patients and
their families. The book will be of value to pediatricians urologists nurses physiotherapist
students and all others with an interest in the field.
