It is interesting to note that 40% of patients did not receive care from a urological specialist during the first year after diagnosis of VUR. Although differences in care across physician types were ...

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 ...

The American Urological Association's guidelines for vesicoureteral reflux (VUR), published in 1997, list open surgical correction and daily antibiotic prophylaxis as the primary treatment options for ...

A new injection device for the endoscopic treatment of vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) is designed to give urologists greater control and precision in VUR repair, according to the device’s maker, Cook ...

Vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) is the backward flow of urine from the urinary bladder to the ureters. It is a condition that may manifest as either primary or secondary, depending on the presence of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The top predictors in determining which type of treatment a patient with vesicoureteral reflux will receive — ...

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 ...

Alternative therapies for VUR (surgical ureteral reimplantation and endoscopic dextranomer-hyaluronic acid copolymer [Dx/HA] injection) provide options that do not involve chronic antibiotic ...

Children with vesicoureteral reflux (VUR), 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 ...

Ureteral reflux has been a subject of major concern to all physicians dealing with recurrent urinary-tract sepsis. Internists as well as urologists and pediatricians have dealt with this problem since ...