Springer Consent in Pediatric Urology (Handbook Series of Consent in Pediatric Surgical Subspecialities)

This comprehensive handbook of consent in surgical subspecialities is dedicated to the risks and complications that a child needs to be consented for in the vast majority of pediatric surgical procedures with evidence base and outcomes. The chapters address common and rare complications encountered in pediatric subspeciality practice which clinicians need to be aware of to allow them to take fully informed consent. The contributors are renowned for their expertise in pediatric urology and provide evidence and outcome based areas for consent in the first book of the series: ‘Consent in Pediatric Urology’.   From the Back Cover This comprehensive handbook of consent in surgical subspecialities is dedicated to the risks and complications that a child needs to be consented for in the vast majority of pediatric surgical procedures with evidence base and outcomes. The chapters address common and rare complications encountered in pediatric subspeciality practice which clinicians need to be aware of to allow them to take fully informed consent. The contributors are renowned for their expertise in pediatric urology and provide evidence and outcome based areas for consent in the first book of the series: ‘Consent in Pediatric Urology’.   About the Author 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 The Children’s Hospital (1989-2008), and the University of Washington and Seattle Children’s Hospital (2008-2011). During his almost 3 decades in academic urology, Dr. Koyle has been known for his multiple innovations and contributions to the fields of pediatric urology and transplantation. He was the first to publish on laparoscopic nephrectomy in infants, introduced the MACE (Malone Antegrade Continence Enema), the Bianchi technique (single incision orchidopexy) and the Bracka hypospadias repair to North America, and also one of the first surgeons to gain experience in the tubularized incised urethral plate hypospadias repair (Snodgrass technique) and to demonstrate its applicability beyond North America to Europe and Asia. He invented and patented the Koyle ste