Urological problems, like bed-wetting or issues with genitalia, can be sensitive subjects for anyone, especially children. So if a urological problem affects your child, you want to be sure the treatment will be both professional and caring. Providence Children’s Hospital treats a wide variety of problems in the internal and external genital systems of boys and girls with compassion and respect. Specific conditions that our urologists treat include:
Bladder and kidney infections, urinary tract infection
Kidney or bladder stones
Urogenic bladder
Exstrophy (abnormal formation) of the bladder
Bladder and bowel (elimination) dysfunction
Obstructive uropathy (blocked flow of urine) and hydronephrosis (swelling the kidney)
Vesicoureteral reflux (backward movement of urine)
Hypospadias and epispadias (urethra defects)
Varicocele (enlarged veins in the scrotum)
Inguinal hernias and hydroceles (swelling in the scrotum)
Undescended testicles
Testicular torsion
Ambiguous genitalia and disorders of sexual development
Tumors of the kidney, bladder, prostate and testicles
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