ABSTRACT
Laparoscopy is becoming increasingly popular in pediatric urology, reducing the invasiveness of treatment and shortening the period of convalescence.1
With the development of new instruments, better designed for pediatrics, laparoscopy in all ages may be now a safe and effective way to treat many urologic disorders. Nearly any procedure performed in a body cavity can be accomplished using the instrumentation available to us today and the variety of laparoscopic procedures that can be performed in pediatric patients is virtually unlimited.2 To master this technique, the novice must perform a large number of cases and understand that the learning curve is steep so as not to get discouraged.
