John Michael DiBianco, MD, on impact of miniPCNL in pediatric patients

In this video, John Michael DiBianco, MD, discusses the impact of performing miniPCNL in pediatric patients. DiBianco is an assistant professor of urology at the University of Florida, Gainesville.

Transcription:

The cases that I've done have been here, at least, have been some of the most, I guess, impactful and really make me proud and happy to be a urologist and to do something [for which] the patients are incredibly grateful. Most of these patients have lived with stents for a long time, and have had to undergo several procedures. It's very remarkable how tough a lot of these kids are, and how well they handle these operations, and what good spirits they're usually in. And so, I think it's something that's very satisfying, and I think with the smaller and smaller and the better equipment that continues to be developed, and different techniques that continue to be developed, I think we're just going to get better and better and hopefully we can prevent a lot of future suffering for a lot of these kids that unfortunately develop stones.

This transcription was edited for clarity.