Update in renal and upper urinary tract anomalies in pediatrics

Abstract

Pediatric Urology comprises an extensive series of pathologies of variable complexity, which affect the urogenital system, and account for approximately 50% of surgical interventions in pediatric surgery. We will describe those ones of greater impact and clinical repercussion from the surgical point of view, highlighting the so-called CaKUt or congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract. the latter have their origin in the alteration of some of the processes during the renal development: a) Malformation of the renal parenchyma: hypoplasia, dysplasia, renal agenesis and multicystic kidney (MCdK). b) abnormalities related to the migration of the kidneys: renal ectopia and fusion anomalies. c) abnormalities in the development of the collecting system: pyelo-ureteral stenosis, ureteral duplicities, primary megaureter, ectopic ureter, ureterocele and posterior uretral valves. R The objective of this article is to inform about the cases in which surgery is necessary to solve a urological problem in the child, and the best time to perform the intervention.