Our paediatric urology service at Evelina London Children’s Hospital provides specialist care for children with kidney, bladder and genitalia problems, as well as supporting kidney transplant care.
We have experience in advanced investigations of bladder function, as well as routine and complex surgical procedures. We treat children from prenatal scanning all the way until they move to adult care.
Depending on the type of urology procedure, we also offer day surgery at our new Children’s Day Surgery Unit, helping children return home on the same day.
A multidisciplinary approach to care
Evelina London is recognised as one of the world’s leading hospitals for children’s care.
Our urology specialists work together with experts in endocrine and renal medicine, to ensure that children are given a thorough and comprehensive assessment to determine the best treatment strategy.
We provide paediatric urodynamic investigations using bladder function assessment, video urodynamics (VUD) and cystoscopy which look at how a child’s bladder is working.
Conditions we treat
Our children’s urology specialists provide treatment for patients with a range of conditions, including:
- balanitis (foreskin infections)
- blood in urine
- buried penis
- congenital urological anomalies
- hydrocele
- hydronephrosis (kidney dialysis)
- hypospadias
- overactive bladder
- phimosis
- undescended testicles
- urinary incontinence
- urinary tract infection (UTI)
- varicocele
- vesicoureteral reflux
Specialists in keyhole robotic surgery
We have expertise in routine and complex urology procedures, including:
- Botox injection for overactive bladder
- circumcision
- complex urogynaecological surgeries
- endoscopic treatment for vesicouretal reflux
- hydrocelectomy
- hypospadias surgery
- Mitrofanoff procedure and bladder augmentation
- orchidopexy for undescended testis
- pyeloplasty
- ureteral reimplantation
We offer minimally invasive (keyhole) procedures with the Versius surgical robot for children’s kidney and bladder conditions. This includes our pyeloplasty, nephrectomy and uretic re-implantation procedures. Robotic surgery helps to reduce scarring and recovery times.
Children can be referred to our children’s urology specialists at any age, and even prenatally if a condition is detected before birth.
We also provide a seamless transition from paediatric care to adult services as children grow up, with a phased introduction to our specialist adult urology team at Guy’s Hospital.
Advancing children's urology care
We are actively involved in clinical trials and research projects to improve urology treatments. This includes:
- regenerative medicine to develop tissue engineered bladders for children who need complex bladder reconstruction
- being part of the world’s first multicentre clinical trial on the use of the Versius surgical robot in paediatric surgery
Conditions
Explore the conditions treated by our children's urology specialists below:
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Balanitis in children
Balanitis is a common urological condition in children that causes inflammation of the foreskin.
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Hydronephrosis in children
Hydronephrosis is a medical condition affecting your child’s kidneys.
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Hypospadias in children
Hypospadias is a congenital condition that affects the urethra development in children.
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Undescended testicles in children
Undescended testicles (cryptorchidism) is a congenital condition affecting children.
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Urinary incontinence in children
Children suffering from urinary incontinence lack bladder control which results in uncontrolled leaking of urine.
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Urinary tract infection (UTIs) in children
A common type of infection in children that affects any part of your urinary tract.
Treatments
Explore the treatments offered by our children's urology specialists below:
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Circumcision in children
Circumcision is the surgical removal of your child’s foreskin (the skin covering the tip of the penis). A surgeon may carry out circumcision for various medical conditions in boys.
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Mitrofanoff procedure and bladder augmentation in children
The Mitrofanoff procedure is a treatment for children with bladder capacity and pressure issues.
Discover our children's urology specialists
Our urology service provides specialist care for children with kidney, bladder and genitalia problems from all over the UK and internationally