Abstract Background Duplex kidney is a relatively common renal anomaly with wide array of associations. With routine antenatal screening it increasingly diagnosed these days. this study, we aim to assess the clinical profile, prevalence vesicoureteric reflux and highlighting need for aggressive workup management in selected cases prevent further damage. Results Fifty-three children duplex kidne...

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...

A 43 year old man underwent right simple nephrectomy for a chronically infected non-functioning kidney containing a large staghorn calculus. At operation the right ureter was found unexpectedly to be grossly dilated and was ligated with catgut. As a result of limited surgical access in an obese patient this ligature slipped off during application and the ureter could not be retrieved for religa...

Vesicoureteric reflux (VUR) is a common childhood condition characterised by regurgitation of urine from the bladder to the kidney. It is the commonest cause of end stage renal failure in children and an important cause in adults. Primary VUR is often familial, suggesting that genetic factors play an important role in its aetiology. Recently, VUR was observed as part of a syndrome, involving op...

AIMS To ascertain the outcome associated with antenatal renal pelvis dilatation; to recommend guidelines for postnatal investigation and determine an upper limit of normal for the anterioposterior dimensions of the fetal renal pelvis. METHODS Infants whose antenatal ultrasound scan showed a fetal renal pelvis of 5 mm or greater were investigated using postnatal renal tract ultrasound and a mi...

Primary vesicoureteric reflux (VUR), the retrograde flow of urine from the bladder toward the kidneys, results from a developmental anomaly of the vesicoureteric valve mechanism, and is often associated with other urinary tract anomalies. It is the most common urological problem in children, with an estimated prevalence of 1-2%, and is a major cause of hypertension in childhood and of renal fai...