Perspectives in Pediatric Pathology

Abstract

Paediatric urology is advancing so fast that it is almost impossible to present all the latest information in text- book form.However, the topics included in this book have been cleverly chosen as many old problems are reviewed in the light of up-to-date knowledge, and the information is distilled into the most readable form.Chapters include discussion on bladder defence mechanisms in infection, management of megaureters, and temporary and permanent urinary diversion in children.Old chestnuts such as cryptorchidism and renal dysplasia are brought up to date.For us all there is a philosophical discussion on enuresis and for the specialist, sections on renal hyper- tension, renal transplantation, and the management of testicular tumours in childhood.In all there are 19 topics discussed by enthusiasts and experts on both sides of the Atlantic.They make compulsive and exciting reading.There is a little one might differ with in the more controversial topics such as the routine use of gonadotrophins in cryptorchidism, but Dr. Lattimer and his colleagues from New York emphatically (and rightly) insist that all testes should be in the scrotum by 5 years.The section on distal urethral stenosis is almost enough to convince the most sceptical that such a condition exists.This is a splendid book which will appeal widely to both paediatric urologists and nephrologists and will also offer much to the paediatrician.