Many doctors still recommend PSA testing to screen for prostate cancer
• Paediatric Urology • Sep 16 12
Like many men his age, Marlin Zook began getting prostate screenings about 15 years ago even though he had no risk factors for prostate…    


Less radical tumor surgery can offer better long-term kidney function
• Paediatric Urology • Feb 08 11
Patients with kidney tumours larger than four centimetres are much more likely to enjoy good long-term renal function if they undergo nephron-sparing surgery rather…    


Genital tracts
• Paediatric Urology • • Embryology • Jun 17 10
The internal and external genitalia of both sexes are genetically ‘programmed’ to differentiate passively down a ‘default’  female pathway unless actively switched down a…    


Lower urinary tract
• Paediatric Urology • • Embryology • Jun 17 10
The lower urinary tract originates from the cloaca, the section of primitive hindgut into which the mesonephric ducts and embryonic ureters drain.

Between the…    


Upper urinary tract
• Paediatric Urology • • Embryology • Jun 17 10
In the cervical portions of the paired blocks of intermediate mesoderm the primitive precursor of the kidney,  the pronephros,  first appears in the fourth…    


Embryogenesis -Paediatric Urology
• Paediatric Urology • • Embryology • Jun 17 10
Human gestation spans a period of 38 weeks, from fertilisation to birth. Conventionally, pregnancy is divided into three trimesters,  each of 3 months’ duration. …    


Genetic basis of genitourinary malformations
• Paediatric Urology • • Embryology • Jun 17 10
A working knowledge of the embryology of the genitourinary tract provides the basis for understanding the structural anomalies encountered in paediatric urological practice. Although…    

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