Follow-up voiding cystourethrography (VCUG) is usually performed >3 months after treatment for vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) in children, but a recent study set out to establish whether a 24-h VCUG would be just as reliable. Of 40 patients (56 ureters) with VUR who underwent first injection of dextranomer/hyaluronic acid, only two ureters with grade IV and one patient with grade V VUR showed failure on 24-h VCUG. However, the success rates on 6-month VCUG were 100%, 83.3%, 78.57%, 50%, and 42.85% according to ascending order of VUR grade, suggesting that the 24-h VCUG is unreliable.
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Oh, M. M. et al. The reliability of VCUG performed within 24 hours after injection of dextranomer/hyaluronic acid in patients with vesico-ureteral reflux. Urology doi:10.1016/j.urology.2013.07.035
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24-h VCUG unreliable for follow-up of vesicoureteral reflux. Nat Rev Urol 10, 617 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrurol.2013.229
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