Urologic Surgery

Current Research Topics

• Disorders of sexual development & cancer risks
• Kidney stones in pediatric patients
• Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction
• Lower urinary tract reconstruction
• Neurogenic bladder and bowel
• Pediatric Sacral neuromodulation
• Renal Trauma
• Spina Bifida management
• Testicular Torsion
• Urinary microbiome
• Urodynamics
• Vesicoureteral reflux during pregnancy
• Voiding dysfunction

Recent Presentations

Does Early Urology Consultation Impact Management and Outcomes of Pediatric Trauma? An Analysis from the Traumatic Renal Injury Collaborative in Kids (TRICK), AUA 2021. PI: Doug Clayton MD, Author: Ben Abelson MD (fellow)

Identifying Metabolic and Genomic Signatures as Biomarkers for uropathogenic E.coli and Asymptomatic Bacteriuria, AUA 2021. PI: Doug Clayton MD, Author: Ben Abelson MD (fellow)

Why and When do we remove a sacral neuromodulation device: From the Sacral Neuromodulation Alliance for Pediatric Patients, SPU 2021. PI: John Pope MD, Author: Ben Abelson MD (fellow)

Improving parents' awareness of testicular torsion to decrease delays for boys with acute testicular pain, SPU 2021. PI: Abby Taylor MD MPH, Author: Ben Abelson MD (fellow)

The Utility of the TWIST score in diagnosis and risk stratification of patients with testicular torsion: Results of a quality improvement study, SPU 2021. PI: John Thomas MD, Author: Jackson Cabo MD (PGY-3)

Actinotignum schaalil: A commensal bacteria of the pediatric urinary microbiome, Caribou 2021. PI: Maria Hadjifrangiskou PhD, Author: Viktor Flores MD (fellow) *2nd place abstract*

Is an ileovesicostomy a safer option compared to other forms of continent bladder augmentations?, SESAUA 2022. PI: Doug Clayton MD, Author: Viktor Flores MD (fellow)

Improving parents' awareness of testicular torsion to decrease delays for boys with acute testicular pain, SESAUA 2022. PI: Abby Taylor MD MPH, Author: Ben Abelson MD (fellow) *Best Poster*

Comparison of long-term complications and renal outcomes between ileovesicostomies and continent bladder augmentations within a single pediatric center, AUA 2022. PI: Doug Clayton MD, Author: Viktor Flores MD (fellow)

Improving awareness of testicular torsion among boys, their parents, and school nurses to decrease delays in care for acute testicular pain, AUA 2022. PI: Abby Taylor MD MPH, Author: Ben Abelson MD (fellow)

SNAPP Educational Series Webinar. PI: John Pope MD

Recent Publications

• Hidden Consequences of patient satisfaction: A survey of pediatric surgeons
• Incidence of Urinary Tract Infections in Newborns with Spina Bifida-Is antibiotic Prophylaxis Necessary?
• Translating pediatric urodynamics from clinic into collaborative research: Lessons and recommendations from the UMPIRE study group
• Urodynamic characteristics of neurogenic bladder in newborns with myelomeningocele and refinement of the definition of bladder hostility: Findings from the UMPIRE multi-center study
• Urine Leaks in Children Sustaining Blunt Renal Trauma
• Inhibition of hypoxia-inducible factor-prolyl hydroxylation protects from cyclophosphamide-induced bladder injury and urinary dysfunction
• Oncologic Fidelity of Minimally Invasive Surgery to Resect Neoadjuvant-Treated Wilms Tumors
• Robotic-assisted laparoscopic repair of congenital rectourethral fistula with duplicated urethra

Current National Collaborations

• National Spina Bifida Patient Registry & UMPIRE network, sponsored by the CDC
• SNAPP (Sacral Neuromodulation Alliance for Pediatric Patients) with Nationwide Children's and Riley Children's Hospitals
• SPUR (Southeast Pediatric Urologic Research) with Duke, Children's Hospital of Atlanta, and UAB
• TRICK (Traumatic Renal Injury Collaborative in Kids) with Texas Children's, Children's of Philadelphia, Children's National, and UAB