OBJECTIVE Recently, new predictors of vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) in children with a first febrile UTI such as Procalcitonin (PCT) were introduced as selective approaches for cystography. This study wants to show the capability of PCT in predicting presence of VUR at the first febrile UTI in children. METHODS Patients between 1 month and 15 years of age with febrile UTI were included in this ...

OBJECTIVE Spina bifida occulta (SBO) has been largely considered a benign entity without clinical significance; however, there has been dispute among various authorities, and some believe that the lesion may be linked with various neurologic conditions like urologic dysfunctions. Vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) and lower urinary tract dysfunction are closely related. We examined whether the existen...

OBJECTIVE To assess the clinical outcome and imaging features of neonatal primary vesicoureteral reflux (VUR). STUDY DESIGN We prospectively followed 43 infants with primary VUR identified from among a cohort of 497 infants with fetal renal pelvis dilatation. Postnatal renal ultrasound (US) examinations were performed at 5 days and 1, 3, 6, 12, and 24 months of life. Voiding cystourethrograph...

OBJECTIVE To compare the urodynamic study variables at the onset of vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) between the overactive and underactive bladders in patients with spinal cord injury who presented with VUR. METHODS A total of 28 (13 cases of detrusor overactivity and 15 detrusor underactivity) men were enrolled. We compared the urodynamic variables between the two groups; detrusor pressure and b...

The presence or absence of pelvicalyceal dilatation on postnatal ultrasound continues to appear within diagnostic algorithms to select patients for micturating cystourethrography (MCU) in the investigation of antenatally diagnosed hydronephrosis. Postnatal ultrasound findings were assessed in a population diagnosed as having antenatal hydronephrosis due solely to primary vesicoureteric reflux (...

PURPOSE To compare echocontrast cystosonography (ECS) using in-vivo agitated saline with fluoroscopic micturating cystourethrography (MCU) in the detection and grading of vesicoureteric reflux (VUR). MATERIALS AND METHODS This was a prospective study of 25 children, who had MCU between 2007 and 2009. ECS was performed and findings documented prior to MCU. Baseline renal and bladder sonograms ...

Background: Antenatal hydronephrosis is known to be associated with vesicoureteral reflux (VUR). However, the incidence of VUR in postnatally diagnosed hydronephrosis is unknown. Hypothesis: The prevalence of VUR is increased in infants diagnosed with hydronephrosis on postnatal ultrasonography. Methods: Infants admitted to our NICU between January 1998 and September 2007 and diagnosed with hyd...

Objective: This study was designed to evaluate patients treated with subureteric injection (STING) and ureteroneocystostomy by the Lich-Gregoir technique (LGT) due to vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) in terms of radiologic, scintigraphic images, laboratory findings and bladder functions and determine the effectiveness of both treatment modalities. Methods: A total of 106 patients, who were treated w...

PURPOSE The association of age, sex and renal parenchymal damage (RPD) in vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) is well known. We compared various factors between infants and children in a cohort of patients with primary VUR. MATERIALS AND METHODS Medical records of 147 patients diagnosed as VUR between 1997 and 2010 were reviewed. Of these children 91 (61.9%) were boys and 56 (38.1%) were girls. 99 (6...

Background: Experience with vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) differs in different centers and there are plenty of controversies. The aim of this study was to evaluate the outcome of primary VUR complications and the rate of recurrence of UTI. Methods: The medical charts of all infants and children with primary VUR who were followed up by two nephrologists were reviewed. During 19 years (1985-2004), ...