VOIDING COLOR DOPPLER US IN THE STAGING OF VESICO-URETERAL REFLUX

Purpose: The aim of this study is to assess the accuracy of US contrast agent in ultrasonographic investigation of early diagnosis and staging of vesico-ureteral reflux. Methods and Materials: One hundredtwentytwo patients suffering of pyelocaliceal dilatation,urinary tract infections and miscellaneous diseases underwent voiding color Doppler US, followed by a cystourethrographic test. The voiding color Doppler US consists in trans-catheter introduction of a contrast agent (Levovist, Schering, AG,Berlin) into the bladder and a subsequent test with the color Doppler US to show or exclude the presence of reflux. A…