PURPOSE Children with lower urinary tract dysfunction and vesicoureteral reflux, at cystography assessment, frequently present alterations in the lower urinary tract anatomy such as dilated posterior urethra, irregularity of the bladder wall and diverticula. However, the significance of these findings is unknown. The objective of this study is to evaluate the incidence of these findings, their ...

BACKGROUND Voiding cystourethrogram is performed 3-6 weeks after urinary tract infection. This prolongs the interval of prophylactics, reducing the likelihood of having to perform the procedure. OBJECTIVES To investigate the yield and potential risks/benefits of early compared to late performance of VCUG after UTI. METHODS We conducted a prospective study of 84 previously healthy children <...

UNLABELLED Prenatal ultrasonography has revolutionized the detection and management of many urological abnormalities. Vesicoureteric reflux (VUR) which develops in 10% to 15% of cases of prenatal hydronephrosis, is difficult to predict prenatally. While all children with prenatal hydronephrosis should undergo ultrasonography within the first few weeks of life, there seems to be controversy rega...

the common use of maternal ultrasonography has increased the apparent incidence of neonatal hydronephrosis. many of these cases are found to have partial obstruction at the ureteropelvic junction (upj). these patients are safely managed in our institution with careful observation and only occasionally require surgical intervention. the authors present two contrasting cases of suspected upj obst...

The following sentence should be added to the end of the result in the abstract: " The results of this study are evident that VCUG with photofluorographic hardcopy provides high diagnostic value with very low radiation dose to patients (patient dose reduced by 5-9 folds). " In the abstract in line 3 of conclusions " 50-90% " should be changed to " 80-89% " : " our study suggests that the high v...

UNLABELLED Renal ectopia occurs in 1:3000-1:7000 children. Simple ectopia refers to the abnormal kidney location on the same side; in crossed ectopia the ureter crosses the midline of the body. In most cases ectopic kidney is found in the pelvis minor, in 5% of cases in the thoracic cavity. Kidney displacement does not give any clinical symptoms in the majority of patients, sometimes it may cau...

We aimed to investigate the clinical value of persistent but downgraded vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) after dextranomer/hyaluronic acid (Dx/HA) injection in children. The medical records of 128 children (195 ureters) who underwent Dx/HA injections for VUR were reviewed. The incidences of pre- and post-operative febrile urinary tract infections (UTIs) were analyzed in children with or without pers...

This study was performed to evaluate the role of postnatal ultrasonography (US) in predicting the final diagnosis and need of surgery of antenatal hydronephrosis patients. One hundred and twenty six renal units (RUs) of 76 patients with diagnosis of antenatal hydronephrosis (ANH) were studied. An early postnatal US no later than the first week of life was requested. Voiding cystourethrography (...

  The common use of maternal ultrasonography has increased the apparent incidence of neonatal hydronephrosis. Many of these cases are found to have partial obstruction at the ureteropelvic junction (UPJ). These patients are safely managed in our institution with careful observation and only occasionally require surgical intervention. The authors present two contrastin...