Genitourinary and Kidney Disorders
Anatomy of the Urinary System
Overview of Genitourinary Disorders
Overview of Kidney Disorders
Glossary
Online Resources
Urology is a surgical specialty concerned with normal and abnormal problems of the kidney, renal, pelvis, ureter, bladder, urethra, penis, and vagina in both genders. Urogenital or genitourinary (GU) are words that refer to the urinary and genital organs.
According to the American Urological Association:
- 1 percent to 2 percent of children develop urinary tract infections.
- younger children have a greater risk of kidney damage linked to urinary tract infections than older children or adults.
Because the genitourinary system is so complex, involving many systems in the body, a child with a genitourinary disorder may require a number of specialists to participate in his/her care. The following is a list of specialists that may be involved in your child's care.
- pediatric nephrologist
- pediatric urologist
- pediatrician
- pediatric surgeons
- transplant surgeons
- perinatologist
- geneticists
- pediatric radiologist
- neurodevelopmental specialists
- nutritionists
- social workers
- psychologists
- pediatric nurses
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