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Over the last 20 years, the likelihood that a child will develop a kidney stone has doubled. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia researchers are discovering why.
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Researchers from The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia found that black children who undergo urologic surgery have higher postsurgical complication rates than white children.
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Tasian, a pediatric urologist at CHOP, was recognized for his dedicated research and commitment to treating pediatric kidney stone disease.
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Before the start of the Management of Myelomeningocele Study (MOMS) in 2003, an initial group of 58 patients at CHOP underwent in utero repair of their myelomeningocele between 21 and 25 weeks' gestation. Urologic results after fMMC repair are discussed here.
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A team of urologists from The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and two other hospitals is making its eighth annual trip to India to provide life-changing urology surgery to dozens of children and training Indian surgeons in advanced techniques and care.
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Learn about how a new multicenter, surgical consortium is working to advance care and surgical treatment for children with bladder exstrophy.
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For more than 7 years, Aseem R. Shukla, MD, has led a pediatric urology collaborative that includes 3 major children’s hospitals in the US and one in India.
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CHOP-led research finds a link between hotter days and kidney stones in U.S. adults and children.
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Learn more about several causes and effects of long-term voiding dysfunction in adolescents.
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Bladder exstrophy is a severe developmental disorder in which the bladder protrudes inferior to umbilical cord insertion and separation of the pubic bones results in divergence of the rectus muscles.