Duplex kidney (DK) is the most common congenital abnormality of the urinary tract, with an incidence of around 0.82%1,2. Basis of duplex kidney formation by embryology is explained as development of two ureteral buds separately from a single mesonephric duct gives rise to a duplex kidney with complete ureteral duplication. On the other hand, bifurcation of a single ureteral bud proximal to the ...

BACKGROUND Acute pyelonephritis often leaves children with permanent renal scarring. AIMS To compare the prevalence of scarring following initial treatment with antibiotics administered intravenously for 10 or three days. METHODS In a prospective two centre trial, 220 patients aged 3 months to 16 years with positive urine culture and acute renal lesions on initial DMSA scintigraphy, were ra...

Mitrofanoff appendicovesicostomy has been the method of choice for dealing with urinary incontinence. However, there may be some cases where some alternate conduits have to be used. Yang-Monti ileovesicostomy is an alternative to Mitrofanoff appendicovesicostomy. Three boys who underwent successful Yang-Monti continent ileovesicostomy are reported in this manuscript. In the first case, Mitrofan...

INTRODUCTION Chronic pyelonephritis is associated with progressive renal scarring and occurs, most of the time, in patients with major anatomical anomalies, including urinary tract obstruction, calculi, renal dysplasia or vesicoureteric reflux. We report the computed tomography imaging findings of a patient with chronic pyelonephritis appearing as a renal sinus mass. To our knowledge, it is the...

OBJECTIVES To determine whether a nurse led education and direct access service improves the care of children with urinary tract infections. DESIGN Prospective cluster randomised trial. SETTING General practitioners in the catchment area of a UK paediatric nephrology department. PARTICIPANTS 88 general practices (346 general practitioners, 107 000 children). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Rate a...

PURPOSE To determine whether cyclic voiding cystourethrography (VCUG) examinations can be performed without using real-time fluoroscopic monitoring. MATERIALS AND METHODS VCUG examinations were performed in 209 children (133 girls and 76 boys). In each child, it was performed in a cyclic manner (three consecutive cycles) without using fluoroscopic monitoring and one radiograph was taken in ea...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the importance rechecking fetal kidneys at a routine third-trimester growth scans, even if they were reported as normal during second trimester anomaly scan. Patients diagnosed with renal abnormalities for first time seen between April 2017 September 2020, retrospectively identified from obstetric database. Cases where abnormal scan, excluded study. In all ...