Long-term follow-up of children with surgically treated vesicorenal reflux: postoperative incidence of urinary tract infections, renal scars and arterial hypertension

Eur Urol. 1989;16(5):366-71. doi: 10.1159/000471618.

Abstract

With a mean follow-up of 10.8 years, 160 female and 29 male patients were investigated after successful correction of vesicoureterorenal reflux. All patients suffered from urinary tract infection (UTI) preoperatively, while postoperatively 42% of the patients developed further UTIs but with a significantly diminished rate of febrile infections. In comparison to a group of patients without postoperative UTI (n = 16), the uroepithelial cells of those patients with a high infection rate after reflux correction showed a significantly lower bacterial growth suppression (n = 37). Renal scars were found in 22% of the investigated renal units with operated ureters (n = 211). Of the preoperatively unscarred kidneys, 3.4% developed new scars during the observation period, mainly within the first 2 years after operation. In 7 (11.5%) of the 61 patients with renal scars, moderate arterial hypertension was found.

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Cohort Studies
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Hypertension / etiology*
  • Kidney / pathology*
  • Male
  • Postoperative Complications / etiology*
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Time Factors
  • Urinary Tract Infections / etiology*
  • Vesico-Ureteral Reflux / surgery*