Ernesto T. Figueroa, M.D.

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duPont Hospital for Children
1600 Rockland Road
Wilmington, DE 19899

(302) 651-5986
(302) 651-5990 fax

Medical School
Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana

Residency
Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana

Fellowship
Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, Michigan

Board Certification
American Board of Urology

University Appointment
A.I duPont Institute, Director of Pediatric Urology
Thomas Jefferson University, Clinical Associate Professor of Urology

Research and Clinical Interests
Basic laboratory research in bladder physiology, clinical work in reconstructive pediatric genitourinary surgery

Publications

Most recent Peer-reviewed Publications

1. Altered infant feeding patterns in boys with acquired nonsyndromic cryptorchidism
2. Isolated penile lymphedema in an adolescent male: A case of metastatic Crohn's disease
3. Reduced expression of androgen receptor and myosin heavy chain mRNA in cremaster muscle of boys with nonsyndromic cryptorchidism
4. Gross hematuria in a 3-year-old girl caused by a large isolated bladder hemangioma
5. Latrogenic ureteral injury after laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a 13-year-old boy
6. Magnetic resonance imaging of renal abnormalities in patients with congenital osseous anomalies of the spine
7. Transperitoneal Laparoscopic Pyeloplasty for Primary Repair of Ureteropelvic Junction Obstruction in Infants and Children: Comparison With Open Surgery
8. Influence of type of conduit and site of implantation on the outcome of continent catheterizable channels
9. Comparison of Laparoscopic and Open Partial Nephrectomy for Duplication Anomalies in Children
10. Comparison of dismembered and nondismembered laparoscopic pyeloplasty in the pediatric patient
11. Second case of bladder carcinoma in a patient with Costello syndrome [2]
12. Transverse preputial flap for ventral penile skin coverage in hypospadias surgery
13. The Hickman peel-away sheath: Alternative for pediatric percutaneous nephrolithotomy
14. In-vivo whole bladder response to anticholinergic and musculotropic agents in spinal cord injured rats
15. Gracilis muscle dynamic urethral sphincter myoplasty: Rat model experience
16. Comparison of bladder rupture pressure after intestinal bladder augmentation (ileocystoplasty) and myomyotomy (autoaugmentation)
17. Bladder autoaugmentation.
18. A trans-reservoir technique for correction of ureterointestinal obstruction in continent urinary diversion
19. Retrieval of ureteral stents in children.
20. Enuresis in sickle cell disease

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