The Internet is ubiquitous and patients and physicians have easy access to an unlimited amount of unreferenced medical material. The trick is to negotiate the web in a strategic fashion so that reliable, accurate, and up-to-date information can be obtained. Below are monitored websites that give useful patient information on common pediatric urology problems, including patient handouts in both English and Spanish.

One of the most important pieces of information that can be obtained on the Internet is a physician in your community with expertise in pediatric urology. Urologists who have obtained further training in pediatric urology and confine their practice to children can be found by searching the membership list of the Society of Pediatric Urology at http://www.spuonline.org/