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Vesicoureteral Reflux

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In the vast majority of pediatric patients, vesicoureteral reflux is a self-resolving problem in the first year of life. In fact, in many patients, VUR is asymptomatic. For patients who are symptomatic and suffering sequelae of renal injury, there are a number of treatment options. Pediatric surgeons should be familiar with the basics of the diagnosis and workup of this relatively common condition.

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  1. Department of Urology, Division of Pediatric Urology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, 1685 Highland Ave, Madison, WI, 53705, USA

    Ruthie Su

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  1. Department of General Surgery, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    Peter Mattei

  2. Division of Pediatric Surgery Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA

    Peter F. Nichol

  3. Primary Children’s Hospital Department of Surgery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

    Michael D. Rollins, II

  4. Departments of Surgery and Pediatrics, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA

    Christopher S. Muratore

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Su, R. (2017). Vesicoureteral Reflux. In: Mattei, P., Nichol, P., Rollins, II, M., Muratore, C. (eds) Fundamentals of Pediatric Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27443-0_87

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