A multidisciplinary spina bifida clinic and family support group is offered to myelomeningocele patients needing long-term follow up. Complicated medical conditions utilize special skills of the program's treatment professionals in genitourinary reconstructive surgery, including bladder exstrophy and intersex operations. Many of these surgeries require coordinated involvement of two or more pediatric specialties. The program has developed numerous innovations in surgical procedures including cystoplasty, pyeloplasty, uretral implantation, and hypospadias. Research Applications Program research efforts are targeted at consolidating and improving diagnostic and treatment options.
Current research involves the use of computer-assisted imaging in urodynamics.
Common conditions are hydronephrosis, hypospadias, neurogenic bladder, and myelomeningocele.