New Insights in Pediatric Urology: Highlights of the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Urology Meeting, October 27–30, 2007, San Francisco, CA

[摘要] The American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Urology’s Annual Meeting was held in San Francisco, California, October 27–30, 2007. Papers and posters were presented on a wide range of topics, including cryptorchidism, varicocele, exstrophy, sexual differentiation, reflux, hypospadias, neurogenic bladder, hydronephrosis, valves, and voiding dysfunction. A Sunday morning seminar was held on various topics, such as recalcitrant urinary tract infections (UTIs) in augmented bladders, the use of botulinum toxin in pediatric urology, and emerging therapies for voiding dysfunction. Highlights from the meeting are reviewed below.

[学科分类] 基础医学

[关键词] Vesicoureteral reflux;Voiding dysfunction;Hydrocele/hernia;Prenatal hydronephrosis