Perinatal renal changes associated with vesico-ureteral reflux
| Autor: | R. A. MacMahon, L. J. Cussen |
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| Rok vydání: | 1995 |
| Předmět: |
Reflux nephropathy
medicine.medical_specialty Kidney business.industry digestive oral and skin physiology Reflux Urology General Medicine medicine.disease Vesicoureteral reflux digestive system diseases Nephropathy Pathogenesis medicine.anatomical_structure Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Pediatric surgery Medicine Vesico ureteral Surgery business |
| Zdroj: | Pediatric Surgery International. 10 |
| ISSN: | 1437-9813 0179-0358 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/bf00182222 |
| Popis: | In an attempt to resolve the question of the relative contributions of hydrodynamic pressure and infection to the pathogenesis of reflux nephropathy, we studied the pathologic changes in 46 kidneys subjected to vesico-ureteral reflux and obtained at necropsy from 36 patients, all aged less than 4 days. No scarring was seen in any of the kidneys, but 11 were hypoplastic and 4 were partly or completely dysplastic. This study supports the view that the pathologic features of reflux nephropathy are due to postnatal infection rather than to the hydrodynamic effect of reflux. |
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