External validation and reliability assessment of posterior urethral morphology on initial voiding cystourethrogram as a predictor for infants with posterior urethral valves.

Autor: Khondker A; Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada., Chelliahpillai Y; Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada., Machado M; Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada., Kaab A; Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada., Richter J; Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada., Kim JK; Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada., Chua M; Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada., Dos Santos J; Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada., Rickard M; Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada., Lorenzo AJ; Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada. Electronic address: armando.lorenzo@sickkids.ca.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of pediatric urology [J Pediatr Urol] 2024 Apr; Vol. 20 (2), pp. 253.e1-253.e6. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Dec 01.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2023.11.051
Abstrakt: Introduction: The morphology of the bladder and posterior urethra on initial voiding cystourethrogram (VCUG) in posterior urethral valve (PUV) has been proposed as a meaningful early metric for short- and long-term kidney outcomes. Here, we seek to externally validate the proposed association and assess the reliability of PUV morphology characteristics.
Materials and Methods: We reviewed our institutional database for patients managed for PUV between 2000 and 2022 and included those treated with primary ablation with at least 1 year of follow-up for kidney function. Each VCUG was evaluated by three independent raters for the height-width ratio of the bladder (HW-B), height-width ratio of the posterior urethra (HW-PU), and posterior-anterior urethral ratio (PA-UR), and trabeculation (none, fine, or coarse). We assessed the reliability in these with intra-class coefficient and Fleiss kappa for continuous and categorical data, respectively. We performed univariate analysis with nadir creatinine and five-year follow-up glomerular filtration rate (GFR).
Results: In total, 98 patients met inclusion criteria. The median age at diagnosis and ablation was 10 and 21 days, respectively. Patients with nadir creatinine <0.8 mg/dL had higher follow-up GFR (101 vs. 20 ml/min/1.73 m 2 , p = 0.04), and lower risk of CKD (odds ratio 14.7, p = 0.002). The median value for HW-B was 1.4, median HW-PU was 2.1, and median PA-U was 4.7, There was significant inter-class agreement between all three measures of 0.80, 0.51, and 0.70 (p < 0.001). The inter-rater agreement for bladder trabeculation was fair (Fleiss K = 0.40, p < 0.001). There was no statistically significant correlation between HW-B, HW-PU, PU-A with nadir creatinine (p = 0.07, 0.33, 0.91) or 5-year GFR (0.27, 0.45, 0.62), respectively.
Discussion: There is significant interest in determining prognostic factors and metrics in PUV. The morphological characteristics on VCUG are reliable and is available information for all boys diagnosed with PUV, resulting in an attractive metric. While we do not demonstrate correlation with kidney outcomes, VCUG features warrant further attention as prognostic factors in PUV.
Conclusions: PUV morphology on initial VCUG is a reliable metric of lower urinary tract deformity but is not associated with 5-year kidney outcomes.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors have no conflicts of interest.
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