CLINICAL URODYNAMICS IN CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE

1. Anatomy and Neurophysiology of the Lower Urinary Tract and Pelvic Floor
2. Clinical Evaluation: History Taking and Urological, Gynaecological and Neurological Evaluation
3. Diagnostic Scores, Questionnaires and Quality-of-Life Measures in Paediatric Continence
4. Diaries
5. Ultrasound and MRI
6. Endoscopy
7. Noninvasive Urodynamics and Flowmetry in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults
8. Cystometry, Pressure Flow Study and Urethral Pressure Measurement
9. Videourodynamic in Children
10. The Neurophysiological Testing
11. Diagnostic Tests for Defecation Disorders
12. Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction in Children and Young Adults: An Introduction
13. Neurogenic Bladder: Myelomeningocele, Occult Spina Bifida, and Tethered Cord
14. Spinal Cord Injury and Iatrogenic Lesions
15. Cerebral Palsy and Other Encephalopathies
16. Urinary Incontinence in Children and Adolescents with Mental and Physical Disabilities: Comorbidities and Barriers
17. Monosymptomatic Enuresis
18. Nonmonosymptomatic Nocturnal Enuresis
19. Overactive Bladder
20. Daytime Lower Urinary Tract Conditions
21. Congenital and Iatrogenic Incontinence: Ectopic Ureter, Ureterocele, and Urogenital Sinus
22. Bladder Exstrophy
23. Posterior Urethral Valves
24. Hypospadia and Urethral Stricture
25. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy on the Basis of Urotherapy
26. Pelvic Floor Rehabilitation and Biofeedback
27. Pharmacological Therapy
28. Sacral Neuromodulation in Children
29. Bowel Dysfunction Management
30. Percutaneous Tibial Nerve Stimulation (PTNS) and Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS)
31. Botulinum Toxin, Endoscopy, and Mini-Invasive Treatment
32. Laparoscopic Procedures
33. Open Surgery for Incontinence

This book aims to impart all the practical knowledge required in order to evaluate and treat children with anatomical, neurological, and functional incontinence. It explains how appropriate choice of management in childhood depends first of all on a correct diagnosis, then on thorough urodynamic evaluation, and finally on sound assessment of the condition of the individual patient. The full range of relevant pathologies are considered and all of the treatment options are extensively discussed, including behavioral therapy, rehabilitation, physiotherapy, pharmacotherapy, neuromodulation, endoscopic procedures, and surgical reconstruction. Careful attention is paid to the impacts that treatments performed during childhood may have on later adult life, including on fertility and pregnancy, with a view to ensuring that the reader will be in a position to time treatments correctly, thereby avoiding adverse effects, and possess all the information needed to address the concerns of patients and their families. The book will be of value to pediatricians, urologists, nurses, physiotherapist, students, and all others with an interest in the field.

Features
• First book on clinical urodynamics in the pediatric/adolescent age group
• Provides the practical knowledge needed to evaluate and treat children with anatomical, neurological, and functional incontinence
• Covers the full range of pathologies and treatments
• Written by worldwide experts

Authors
• Giovanni Mosiello, Pediatric NeuroUrology Research and Clinical Unit, Bambino Gesù Pediatric Hospital, Piazza Sant'Onofrio 4, 00165 Rome, Italy
• Giulio Del Popolo, Spinal Unit and Neurourology Department, Careggi Hospital, Largo Brambilla 3, 50134 Florence, Italy
• Jian Guo Wen, Pediatric Urodynamic Center, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, 1 Jianshe East Road, Zhengzhou City, 450052, China
• Mario De Gennaro, Urology Unit, Bambino Gesù Pediatric Hospital, Piazza Sant'Onofrio 4, 00165 Rome, Italy