This encompassing volume gathers contributions by renowned experts in the field of pediatric
urology to offer a systematic and complete review of the field. The book opens with a general
section covering the basis of renal function from the fetus to adulthood diagnostic imaging
anesthesia and infections. In subsequent sections on the kidneys upper urinary tract bladder
urethra and genitalia specific anomalies are described in depth from embryological clinical
and diagnostic aspects through to surgical treatment options. Detailed attention is devoted to
the role of new technologies such as endoscopic and robotic surgery but without disregarding
the classical principles of pediatric urologic surgery. Urogenital tumors are fully covered and
the book closes with a large chapter on renal transplantation. Numerous black and white and
color illustrations will assist the reader in better understanding the various anomalies and
the surgical procedures.
