Grassi Lakes, Canmore
For Parents
Condition Guides for Parents
Evidence-based guidance to cut through unverified information and help parents reach sound treatment decisions.
Grassi Lakes, Canmore
For Parents
Evidence-based guidance to cut through unverified information and help parents reach sound treatment decisions.
What surgery corrects, why it happens, and whether your child’s is severe.
Not only the position of the opening. Why the bend matters most, and what to ask before surgery.
Timing and anaesthesia, looking after the catheter, dressing and nappies, when to call the hospital, and fistula, stricture and redo surgery — what parents want to know before surgery, explained as in clinic.
Severity is not decided by where the opening lies — what is actually assessed, and why it is settled during surgery.
Was it something I did — when the urinary channel is built, what is known about endocrine disruptors and heredity, and what it means for a next child.
Why reflux happens, and what happens to the kidney after urinary tract infection.
The anti-reflux path the ureter takes through the bladder wall, connections that form differently before birth and Hutch diverticula, whether siblings should be tested, and whether it improves with growth.
Is it the reflux or the infection? Kidneys formed differently from the start versus scars after infection, how to read a scan taken just after an infection, and what is checked once reflux has gone.
The renal ultrasound that comes first, when a reflux test (VCUG) is recommended and how national rules differ, what the test involves, and what matters if you do not test.
Whether surgery must happen before the first birthday, and how long descent can be awaited.
When a child’s penis looks buried: causes, when waiting is fine and when surgery is needed.