Sena-Graph syrup has recently been formulated by an Iranian pharmaceutical company for being used in bowel evacuation before radiography, colonoscopy and surgery. This study compares the efficacy, adverse effects and patient compliance of two bowel preparation regimens with castor oil and Sena-Graph syrup in of outpatients for Intravenous Urography (IVU). One hundred and fourteen consecutive ou...

Renal scintigraphy (SCINT) has proved to be a useful imaging modality for many renal diseases, congenital or acquired, and for the evaluation of complications of renal transplant. However, the modality has limited resolution for small morphologic changes (such as tumors) of the parenchyma and the collecting system, shows neither stones nor calcifications, and usually misses other abdominal path...

The blind-ending bifid ureter is a rare congenital anomaly of urinary system. We presented one case of the blind-ending bifid ureter which originates from the middle third ureter. The embryogenesis and possible mechanisms are reviewed. Changing positions in projections during intravenous urography provides more information of the blindending branch. Intravenous urography is one of the best moda...

OBJECTIVE The aim of our study was to evaluate if there is any advantage of three-dimensional helical computed tomography (3D-HCT) over intravenous urogram (IVU) in the morphometric and morphological analysis of lower pole spatial anatomy of the kidney. PATIENTS AND METHODS We analyzed 52 renal collecting systems in 30 patients, ranging in age from 23 to 80 years. The study compared the follo...

endometriosis is the presence of benign endometrial glands and stroma outside the uterus. urinary system involvement by endometriosis is a rare occurrence accounting for only 1.5 % of all endometriosis cases. case 1. the patient was a 41 years old woman admitted for right flank pain. the physical and gynaecologic examination was unyielding. intravenous urography (ivu) revealed stenosis in dista...

OBJECTIVES To assess whether ultrasonography alone is adequate for routine screening of childhood urinary infection, whether clinical features determine the need for further investigations, and which investigations are most appropriate. DESIGN Prospective survey of children with proved urinary infection and a preinvestigation record of clinical features. Ultrasonography and intravenous urogra...

Adrian C. Sewell, PhD, Department of Pediatrics, University Children’s Hospital, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, D-60590 Frankfurt am Main (Germany) Dear Sir, In the course of studying patients with suspected renal calculi, 24-hour urine collections for the determination of calcium and phosphate are mandatory [1]. Recently such an analysis was performed on 3 consecutive 24-hour urines from a patient who h...

Emergency intravenous urography is considered an essential examination in the evaluation of any patient suspected of having suffered renal trauma (Editorial, 1979). This practice is derived from clinical experience in adults. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the need for emergency urography in children, particularly those suffering from only minor renal trauma. It is based on a retrospe...