Consent in Pediatric Urology

Part 1. Introduction.- 1. Why and how is consent obtained?.- Part 2. Open surgery of the upper urinary tract.- 2. Open Nephrectomy.- 3. Partial nephrectomy.- 4. Urtereopelvic junction obstruction.- 5. Antireflux surgery.- 6. Open Ureteral surgery: ureteroureterostomy and Transureteroureterostomy.- Part 3. Surgery of the bladder.- 7. Epispadias and bladder exstrophy.- Part 4. Endoscopic surgery of the urinary tract.- 8. Cystoscopy and cystoscopic interventions.- 9. Minimally invasive interventions for stone disease.- 10. General laparoscopy.- 11. Laparoscopic surgery of the upper urinary tract.- 12. Robot-assisted Laparoscopic ureteral reimplantation.- Part 5. Genitalia.- 13. Hydrocele and Hernia.- 14. Orchidopexy and orchidectomy.- 15. Laparoscopic orchidopexy.- 16. Varicocelectomy.- 17. Consent for Circumcision.- 18. Hypospadias Repair.- 19. Surgery for correction of disorders of sex development.- 20. Surgery for Persistent cloaca.- Part 6.Renal Impairment Surgery.- 21. Hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis.- 22. Kidney transplantation.- Part 7. Urogenital Tumours.- 23. Wilm's tumour and other renal neoplasms.- 24. Bladder and/or Prostate Rhabdomyosarcoma. 25. Testicular and Paratesticular tumors of Children and Adolescents.- Part 8. Trauma.- 26. Genital trauma.- 27. Urinary tract trauma.- Part 9. Surgery for urinary incontinence.-  28. Augmentation Cystoplasty and Diversion.- 29. Appendicovesicostomy and ileovesicostomy.- 30. Informed Consent Prior to Malone Antegrade Continence Enema: Surgery for Fecal Incontinence.

Duncan T Wilcox Professor, Chair, Pediatric Urology The Children's Hospital
University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine

Dr. Duncan Wilcox is fellowship-trained in Pediatric Urology. He is quickly developing a busy practice in Pediatric Urology at The Children's Hospital. Dr. Wilcox is extremely qualified in a broad scope of urologic surgery including: penile surgery specifically hypospadias , groin surgery and performs robotic and laparoscopic renal surgery as well as major reconstructive bladder surgery. He trained at the University of London and completed his residency there. He completed his fellowship in Pediatric Urology at the University of London at Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital.

Special areas of interest are hypospadias surgery, genitourinary problems in patients born with imperforate anus and patients with spinal defects. He is an investigator in a number of clinical outcome studies specifically involving hypospadias, undescended testicles and patients with hydronephrosis. He has a long term research interest in the clinical problems associated with patients born with imperforate anus and works closely with the Pediatric Surgeons at The Children's Hospital to provide comprehensive multidisciplinary care to these patients.

Martin A Koyle, Professor of Surgery and Program Director, 

University of Toronto and Hospital for Sick Children

Martin Koyle is a pediatric urologist, currently living in Toronto, Canada. There he serves as Professor of Surgery and Program Director, Pediatric Urology at the University of Toronto and the Hospital for Sick Children. After growing up in Canada where he received his medical degree (1976), he trained in surgery at Los Angeles County- USC Medical Center and in urology at Harvard Program centered at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston (1980-1984). He then advanced through academic posts at UCLA (1984-1989), University of Colorado and