Vesicoureteral reflux is a condition in which urine flows in the wrong direction, from the bladder back into the ureter. It is most common in infants and young children, but it can affect older ...

Changes Clinical Practice: Routine antibiotic prophylaxis used in vesicoureteral reflux patients can be discontinued in children who have had toilet training and do not have urinary tract infection ...

Vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) is a condition of reverse urine flow. It can improve with time, but some people do require urinary reflux surgery. Your kidneys filter your blood and send urine to your ...

The most common form of urinary tract pathology in the pediatric population is vesicoureteral reflux (VUR). This term denotes the backward flow of urine from the bladder to the ureters, and may be ...

Vesicoureteral reflux (vur) results when the vesicoureteral junction fails to maintain unidirectional flow to the bladder. It is the most commonly inherited anatomic disease of the genitourinary tract ...

Vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) is thought to lead to renal scarring and urinary tract infection (UTI) in children, yet prognostic factors that predict the clinical outcome of VUR remain unknown. Previous ...

Endoscopic treatment of vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) with injection of bulking agents is gaining in popularity. This technique offers minimal morbidity and few complications compared with open surgical ...

Children with vesicoureteral reflux, in which urine flows backwards into the kidneys from the bladder, have been treated in the past with surgery or antibiotic therapy. Although this condition can ...

Children diagnosed with vesicoureteral reflux following a urinary tract infection (UTI) are at risk for kidney scarring with subsequent UTIs. New research shows that children receiving antimicrobials ...

New Stone Risk Found in VUR Patients Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole prophylaxis for vesicoureteral reflux in young children has no adverse effect on complete blood count, serum electrolytes, or ...

Vesicoureteral reflux, the retrograde flow of bladder urine into the ureter, is common in young children with urinary tract infections and is associated with renal scarring. Reflux is generally ...

The retrograde (i.e. backward) flow of urine from the urinary bladder into the ureters is medically referred to as vesicoureteral reflux (VUR). Researchers from the universities of Granada (Spain) and ...