068IC - Current Management Paradigms and Advances in Pediatric Voiding Dysfunction

Sunday, April 30, 2023

4:00 PM – 6:00 PM CST

Location: S103B

Instructional Course Director(s)

Lane Palmer, MD

Cohen Children Medical Center of New York, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell

Instructional Course Faculty(s)

Paul Austin, MD

Professor of Urology
Texas Children's Hospital; Baylor College of Medicine
Christopher Cooper, MD (he/him/his)

Professor and Vice-Chair
University of Iowa

Course Description: Pediatric voiding dysfunction is a dominant complaint in all pediatric urology practices and many general urology practices. While these problems can be frustrating for all, proper evaluation and availability of improved management strategies offer these children an opportunity for cure. This course is targeted to physicians and advanced practice providers caring for children with lower urinary tract symptoms. Using real cases, the experienced faculty will review the comprehensive evaluation of these children and review targeted therapy options, both established and advanced, including biofeedback, neuromodulation, pharmacotherapy, behavior modification and bowel management.

Learning Objectives:

Integrate a comprehensive history and physical examination into the evaluation of the child with voiding dysfunction.
Apply the principles of appropriately targeted approach to specific voiding conditions in children.
Integrate electomyography-uroflowmetry into the evaluation of properly selected children with voiding dysfunction.
Properly identify the child in whom biofeedback would be the best therapeutic option.
Properly identify the child in whom neuromodulation may be the best primary or secondary therapeutic option.
Integrate physiologically appropriate pharmacotherapy into properly selected patients.