conclusions inter-rater accuracy could be improved at middle grades using renal ultrasonography (usg), which could promote communication between different specialists. results the intraclass correlation coefficient (icc) values ranging from 0.86 to 0.89 reflected good reliability. the lowest agreement was associated with middle grades (iii and iv). a marked difference in sensitivity was observe...

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to compare cure rates and complications of polydimethylsiloxane (Macroplastique(R)) and dextranomer/hyaluronic acid copolymer (Deflux(R)) in the treatment of vesicoureteral reflux (VUR). MATERIALS AND METHODS From April 2001 to March 2008, 29 boys and 42 girls (total of 115 ureters) with a mean age of 6 years who had undergone endoscopic subureteral transuret...

Purpose To determine the relationship between vaginal reflux (VR) and urinary tract infection (UTI) in female children aged <36 months. Methods A single center retrospective study was performed for 191 girls aged <36 months, with a diagnosis of febrile UTI, who underwent a voiding cystourethrography (VCUG) for assessment of vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) at Sanggye Paik Hospital. Fifty-one girls...

Most cases of daytime incontinence in prepubertal girls have a functional aetiology, although a neurogenic dysfunction must always be ruled out. Vaginal reflux (VR) or intravaginal urination has been recognised as a cause of urinary incontinence with post void dribbling in prepubertal girls. The reverse flow of urine into the vagina can sometimes be perceived in a retrograde voiding cystourethr...

BACKGROUND Although 98% of children attain daytime bladder control by three years of age, urinary incontinence is regarded physiological up to the fifth year of life. OBJECTIVES This study aimed to assess whether lower urinary tract urological abnormalities and abnormal urodynamic findings are infrequent in children with physiological urinary incontinence in contrast to those with non-monosym...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy of Vantris in children with vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) after 3 years of prospective follow-up. MATERIAL AND METHODS Over the last 3 years, 109 children (72 girls and 37 boys) with a mean age of 6.2 ± 3.4 years (mean ± SD) underwent endoscopic correction of reflux using Vantris. VUR was unilateral in 53 and bilateral in 56 patients comprising 165 renal reflu...