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08/09/2025

Clínica Las Condes hosted the III MATER Course: Advances in Pediatric Urology

Chile gathered in two days international and national referents in the treatment of pediatric urological diseases. The III MATER Course: Advances in Pediatric Urology was held on August 29 and 30 in the Mauricio Wainer Auditorium of the Clinica Las Condes, with the aim of updating knowledge on diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of these pathologies, many of them in children who are currently awaiting surgery.

The program includes round tables, discussion of clinical cases and lectures on topics such as pediatric lithiasis, voiding dysfunctions, vesicoureteral reflux, Müllerian malformations and innovations in endourology and urethral reconstruction.

The international exponent was the

Dr. Marcos Machado, from the Hospital de Clínicas de São Paulo, specialist in voiding dysfunctions, was among the invited guests. Together with him, a large panel of Chilean specialists enriched the academic discussion.

A mission connected to public health

The course is organized by the MATER Children's Renal Corporation, which since 2013 has been promoting surgical operations to reduce the children's waiting list. In the last decade alone, MATER has performed more than 2,000 pediatric surgeries, many of them ambulatory and of low complexity.

Dr. José Miguel Escala, president of the corporation and director of the course, emphasizes:

"Our mission is to prevent and treat early renal and urological pathologies in children in the public system. Updating knowledge and techniques is an essential part of meeting that goal."

Parallel activities and call for applications

In addition to the medical agenda, on Friday 29, a special day was held for non-medical health professionals - nurses, kinesiologists, nutritionists and psychologists - focused on the management of vesico-intestinal dysfunctions.

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