The retrograde (i.e. backward) flow of urine from the urinary bladder into the ureters is medically referred to as vesicoureteral reflux (VUR). Researchers from the universities of Granada (Spain) and ...

ORLANDO, Florida — The use of recommended diagnostic tests declined within months of the publication of revised guidelines for the management of first-episode febrile urinary tract infection (UTI) in ...

Children who have a disorder that prevents bladder emptying need a way to keep their bladder from being constantly full, getting infected, or damaging their kidneys as the result of backflow (reflux).

Dear Dr. Gott: Please address the subject of reflux. My 7-year-old grandson recently had a kidney infection, and his pediatrician insisted on an X-ray dye study, which revealed reflux. Long-term ...

Renal damage secondary to Vesicoureteral reflux occurs in approximately 25% of patients. Persersistent reflux increases the risk of pyelonephritis which can lead to frank renal insufficiency. Patients ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Siblings of a child with a form of urinary reflux may see little benefit from being screened for the disease themselves, despite being at higher risk, a new analysis ...

Less than half of children with neurogenic bladder diagnosed with febrile UTI in the ED met a commonly recommended definition for UTI.

The RELIEF ureteral stent has achieved FDA clearance as the first and only stent to have approval for the prevention of vesicoureteral reflux, a major cause of patient discomfort. RELIEF's unique ...

The pediatric patient described has a presumed diagnosis of secondary diurnal (daytime) enuresis, assuming that she is not bedwetting, and previously had achieved complete bladder control day and ...