Treatment of Vesicoureteral Reflux after Puberty

Vesicoureteral reflux is uncommonly diagnosed and treated after puberty. The natural history of uncorrected VUR after puberty is not documented. Postpubertal patients with recurrent pyelonephritis and VUR should be considered for treatment. Ureteral reimplantation, endoscopic injections, and laparos...

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Autor principal: Austin, J. Christopher
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2008
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2649441/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19266103
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2008/590185
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description Vesicoureteral reflux is uncommonly diagnosed and treated after puberty. The natural history of uncorrected VUR after puberty is not documented. Postpubertal patients with recurrent pyelonephritis and VUR should be considered for treatment. Ureteral reimplantation, endoscopic injections, and laparoscopic or robotic ureteral reimplantation may be utilized. Endoscopic injection is an appealing option for these patients. The role of laparoscopic or robotic ureteral reimplantation in these patients is evolving.
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spelling pubmed-26494412009-03-05 Treatment of Vesicoureteral Reflux after Puberty Austin, J. Christopher Adv Urol Review Article Vesicoureteral reflux is uncommonly diagnosed and treated after puberty. The natural history of uncorrected VUR after puberty is not documented. Postpubertal patients with recurrent pyelonephritis and VUR should be considered for treatment. Ureteral reimplantation, endoscopic injections, and laparoscopic or robotic ureteral reimplantation may be utilized. Endoscopic injection is an appealing option for these patients. The role of laparoscopic or robotic ureteral reimplantation in these patients is evolving. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2008 2009-02-26 /pmc/articles/PMC2649441/ /pubmed/19266103 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2008/590185 Text en Copyright © 2008 J. Christopher Austin. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Treatment of Vesicoureteral Reflux after Puberty
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2649441/
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