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You need to be an active member of your recovery team and work closely with all the other team members. Let's take a look at who might be on your recovery team.

This sheet describes common tests done to diagnose urinary problems. Your child's healthcare provider will tell you which tests your child needs.

Your child is having surgery on his or her bladder. You may feel scared for your child and have many questions. This is normal. Learn what to expect with the surgery and discuss any questions or concerns you may have with your child's healthcare provider.

Your healthcare provider has suggested laparoscopic urologic surgery for your child. This is to help diagnose or treat a problem in the urinary tract. Learn more about this type of surgery, and what to expect before, during, and after this procedure.

Children with urinary tract problems may require clean intermittent catheterization (CIC). This is the temporary placement of a tube (catheter) to help drain the bladder. A parent or another adult does CIC until the child learns how to do it. Children as young as 5 years old can do their own CICs.

An uncircumcised penis still has the foreskin attached. Caring for your newborn's penis is fairly easy. Here are things to keep in mind.

Your infant may look different than you had expected. You may be feeling shocked, confused, or worried that your child has sex organs that are not clearly male or female. This is called ambiguous genitalia. A healthcare team will help you decide how to best care for your child. Below are answers to some questions you may have.

In case of a home poisoning, your fast action could save your child’s life. Here's information on what you should do.

Kyphoplasty is a procedure that can help relieve the pain of vertebral compression fracture (a collapse of bone in your spine most commonly caused by osteoporosis).