Matthew Wosnitzer, MD, is a board-certified urologic surgeon and physician scientist. He specializes in male infertility. A cystogram is used to diagnose bladder problems, including urinary reflux and ...

Posterior urethral disruption is a traumatic injury to the male urethra, which most often results from pelvic fracture. After trauma, the distraction defect between the two ends of the urethra often ...

IN the recent literature considerable attention has been paid to recognition and management of obstructions at the bladder neck in children. This condition is relatively uncommon when compared to the ...

What Is Prune Belly Syndrome? Prune belly syndrome, also called Eagle-Barrett syndrome, is a very rare birth defect. It is also known as triad syndrome because it has three key characterizations: ...

At UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals in Mission Bay and Oakland, & radiologists are now offering a new, more comfortable, and radiation-free imaging method called pediatric Contrast-enhanced voiding ...

Vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) is associated with increased risks of urinary tract infection, renal scarring and reflux nephropathy. We review advancements over the last two decades in our understanding ...

Vesicoureteral reflux (VUR), the most common urinary tract pathology in children, is a term which denotes the backward flow of urine from the bladder to the ureters. It may be primary or secondary, ...

Purpose: Anterior urethral valves (AUVs) is an unusual cause of congenital obstruction of the male urethra, being 15–30 times less common than posterior urethral valves (PUVs). It has been suggested ...