Abstract | PURPOSE: MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 40 children (59 ureters) with primary grades II to IV vesicoureteral reflux were treated with a single subureteral injection from 1997 to 2001 and followed an average of 26 months (range 4 to 45). Results in 38 patients (55 ureteral units) were available for review. Each child underwent preoperative voiding cystourethrography, renal ultrasound, dimercapto- succinic acid scan and urine culture. Treatment was done on an outpatient basis. With the patient general anesthesia polydimethylsiloxane implant was injected transurethrally below the ureteral opening of the affected renal unit. Renal ultrasound at 1 week and voiding cystourethrography at 2 months were done to rule out obstruction at the injection site and/or persistent reflux, respectively. Cure was defined as absent vesicoureteral reflux on voiding cystourethrography 2 months after injection. RESULTS: CONCLUSIONS:
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Authors | Adel A Al-Hunayan, Elijah O Kehinde, Mamdouh A Elsalam, Rola S Al-Mukhtar |
Journal | The Journal of urology
(J Urol)
Vol. 168
Issue 5
Pg. 2181-3
(Nov 2002)
ISSN: 0022-5347 [Print] United States |
PMID | 12394755
(Publication Type: Evaluation Study, Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
- Dimethylpolysiloxanes
- Silicones
- baysilon
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Topics |
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Dimethylpolysiloxanes
(administration & dosage)
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Humans
- Injections
- Male
- Postoperative Complications
(diagnostic imaging)
- Prostheses and Implants
- Silicones
(administration & dosage)
- Treatment Outcome
- Ureteroscopy
- Urography
- Vesico-Ureteral Reflux
(diagnostic imaging, surgery)
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