Familial vesicoureteral reflux in asymptomatic siblings
Makaleler > Tam Makale · 2002
Yazarlar: Ahmet Çelik, İbrahim ULMAN, Mervan Aydın, Ahmet Arıkan, Ali Avanoğlu, Acun Gökdemir
The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, Uluslararası, 2002, cilt 44, ss 240-243
DOI: 10.24953/turkjpediatr.2002.2977
Özet
A prospective study was established to identify the incidence of vesicoureteral reflux in the asymptomatic siblings of patients with reflux in our region. Of 32 patients with reflux, 37 siblings were screened with urine analysis, urine culture and contrast voiding cystourethrograms, and six (16.2%) were found to have reflux. Renal scan revealed scarring in five. We concluded that siblings of children with vesicoureteral reflux are at high risk, and must be screened so that renal damage and associated morbidity secondary to reflux might be minimized.