Childhood Kidney Diseases
- Volume 10 Issue 2
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- Pages.201-212
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- 2006
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- 2384-0242(pISSN)
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- 2384-0250(eISSN)
Vesicoureteral Reflux and Renal Scar
방광요관역류와 신반흔
- Nam, Hee-Young (Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Pochon CHA University) ;
- Shin, Joon-Heon (Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Pochon CHA University) ;
- Lee, Jun-Ho (Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Pochon CHA University) ;
- Choi, Eun-Na (Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Pochon CHA University) ;
- Park, Hye-Won (Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Pochon CHA University)
- 남희영 (포천중문의과대학교 소아과학교실) ;
- 신준헌 (포천중문의과대학교 소아과학교실) ;
- 이준호 (포천중문의과대학교 소아과학교실) ;
- 최은나 (포천중문의과대학교 소아과학교실) ;
- 박혜원 (포천중문의과대학교 소아과학교실)
- Published : 2006.10.31
Abstract
Purpose : Vesicoureteral reflux(VUR) is the major risk factor of urinary tract infection(UTI) in children and may result in serious complications such as renal scarring and chronic renal failure. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between VUR and renal scar formation, the usefulness and correlation of various imaging studies in reflux nephropathy, and the spontaneous resolution of VUR. Methods : We retrospectively reviewed 106 patients with VUR with no accompanying urogenital anomalies in the Department of Pediatrics, Bundang CHA Hospital during the period from Jan. 1996 to Mar. 2005. Ultrasonography and
Keywords
- Vesicoureteral reflux;
- Renal scar;
- Renal ultrasonography;
- $^{99m}Tc$ dimercaptosuccinic acid(DMSA) scan;
- Resolution