Received March 2013 Accepted June 2013 Department of Radiodiagnosis and Imaging, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012, India. A 10-year-old‎girl‎was‎ referred‎ for‎a‎voiding‎cystourethrogram‎(VCUG)‎with‎a‎history‎of‎ recurrent‎urinary‎ tract‎ infections.‎Examination‎including‎neurological‎evaluation‎was‎unremarkable.‎ Ultrasonography‎of‎the‎kidneys‎and‎bl...

Congenital anomalies of the kidney and ureter are a significant cause of morbidity in foetus, neonate, infancy and adulthood. Radiological investigations provide a foundation for diagnosing these conditions giving vital clinical information. Various imaging modalities used to diagnose these anomalies are intravenous urography (IVU), voiding cystourethrogram (VCUG), Computed tomography (CT), Mag...

OBJECTIVE Over the past 20 years endoscopic treatment (ET) of vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) has changed the algorithm of reflux management. We describe a modification of the standard subureteral injection (STING) that has contributed to the increased success rate of this procedure. METHODS Between January 2006 and December 2006 192 children, 5 months to 10 years old (mean age 2.8 years) underwe...

INTRODUCTION There is no well-defined follow-up scheme available to reliably detect persistent or recurrent vesicoureteric reflux (VUR) after endoscopic therapy (ET), but also to reduce postoperative invasive diagnostics in these children. Our aim was the evaluation of possible predictors of persistence and recurrence of VUR, in order to elaborate and test a risk-adapted follow-up regimen. MA...

OBJECTIVE In view of the side effects of voiding cystourethrography (VCUG), identification of noninvasive markers predicting the presence of vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) is important. This study was conducted to determine the predictive value of serum interleukin-8 (IL-8) in diagnosis of VUR in children with first febrile urinary tract infection (UTI). MATERIALS AND METHODS Eighty children wit...

OBJECTIVES To present a novel ureteric re-implantation technique for primary obstructed megaureter (POM) that ensures success in the short- and long-term, as conventional techniques are not ideal for megaureters especially in children, with ureteric stenosis and reflux being common complications after re-implantation. PATIENTS AND METHODS Between 2009 and 2012, 22 paediatric patients with POM...

PURPOSE Intrarenal reflux (IRR) occurs in 3-10% of cases of total reflux and can lead to renal injury, which may eventually result in renal scarring. In this study, we evaluated the clinical importance of IRR detected by voiding cystourethrography and evaluated the relationship between IRR and renal scarring. MATERIALS AND METHODS From January 2002 to May 2008, 50 patients who were diagnosed ...

CLINICAL PROBLEM We diagnosed 8 patients with late-stage posterior urethral valves (PUV) between 1 and 14 years of age. Five patients complained of symptoms related to voiding dysfunction. The other 3 patients required urethrocystoscopy for other reasons (hypospadias fistulae, difficulty with catheterisation and high-grade vesicoureteral reflux [VUR]). A second review of the first 2 patients' m...