Comer Children's urology team has the experience and expertise you can feel confident in if you have a children who needs urologic surgery. Many pediatric urological conditions can be diagnosed and treated with minimally invasive procedures, such as endoscopy and laparoscopy, performed with sophisticated, thin instruments. These procedures allow surgeons to probe and operate in very small areas of the body and save the patient the pain and scarring of a large incision.

Meet our pediatric urology team

Procedures Offered

  • Bladder and neurogenic bladder cystoplasty: Reconstruction of the bladder (enlargement of bladder with bowel)
  • Fetal urological surgery: Surgery before the fetus is born
  • Heminephrectomy/ureterectomy: Removal of part of one of the kidneys (duplex kidney) and/or removal of the ureter
  • Intersex: Removal of abnormal gonads, ovarian cyst
  • Megaureter corrections: Correction of dilated and obstructed ureter
  • Mitrofanoff appendicovesicostomy: Surgical procedure attaching the appendix to the urinary bladder to provide an outlet for urine (continent catheterizable channel)
  • Nephrectomy/nephroureterctomy: removal of one of the kidneys/ removal of a kidney and the ureter
  • Orchidopexy: Correction of undescended testis
  • Pyeloplasty: Removal of an obstruction (UPJ) and reconnection of the kidney drainage system
  • Ureteric reimplantation: Vesicoureteral reflux (VUR)
  • Varicocele treatment: Ligation of abnormal dilated veins draining the testis

 

Benefits of Pediatric Minimally-Invasive Surgery

Patients experience less pain, blood loss and scarring along with quicker recovery times after minimally invasive surgery. 

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The benefits of minimally invasive urological surgery for our young patients include:

  • Fewer complications
  • Less scarring
  • Less damage to tissue and muscle
  • Quicker return to normal activities 
  • Reduced pain
  • Reduced blood loss
  • Shorter stay in the hospital

Frequently Asked Questions: Pediatric Urology Minimally Invasive

Meet Our Pediatric Urologist

Our team provides compassionate care, using the most up-to-date treatments and methods, including robotic-assisted surgery. We do everything possible to make sure recovery and transition back to regular activities goes smoothly. In each case, the patient’s comfort comes first.

Pediatric Urology Team Brochure

 

Our Pediatric Urology Locations in Chicago and South Suburbs

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Second Opinion

We provide a second opinion on the diagnosis or treatment plan of your child’s urologic conditions.

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Clinical Trials

We working to refine current minimally invasive surgical procedures and to explore new innovative surgical techniques for urology conditions.