"Vesico-Ureteral Reflux" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Retrograde flow of urine from the URINARY BLADDER into the URETER. This is often due to incompetence of the vesicoureteral valve leading to ascending bacterial infection into the KIDNEY.
| Descriptor ID |
D014718
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C12.777.829.920 C13.351.968.829.920
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| Concept/Terms |
Vesico-Ureteral Reflux- Vesico-Ureteral Reflux
- Reflux, Vesico-Ureteral
- Vesico Ureteral Reflux
- Vesicoureteral Reflux
- Reflux, Vesicoureteral
- Vesicoureteral Reflux 1
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| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Vesico-Ureteral Reflux" by people in Profiles.
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Radiographic abnormalities, bladder interventions, and bladder surgery in the first decade of life in children with spina bifida. Pediatr Nephrol. 2019 07; 34(7):1277-1282.
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"Watering Can" Ureterocele Puncture Technique Leads to Decreased Rates of De Novo Vesicoureteral Reflux and Subsequent Surgery With Durable Results. Urology. 2017 Oct; 108:161-165.
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Establishing a standard protocol for the voiding cystourethrography (VCUG). J Pediatr Urol. 2016 Dec; 12(6):361.
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Establishing a standard protocol for the voiding cystourethrography. J Pediatr Urol. 2016 Dec; 12(6):362-366.
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Establishing a Standard Protocol for the Voiding Cystourethrography. Pediatrics. 2016 11; 138(5).
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Multi-institutional Study Comparing the Height of Contrast During Performance of Voiding Cystourethrogram in Children. Urology. 2016 Jul; 93:180-4.
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Comparison of endoscopic ureterocele decompression techniques. Preliminary experience--is the watering can puncture superior? J Urol. 2011 Oct; 186(4 Suppl):1700-3.
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Voiding cystourethrogram--are our protocols the same? J Urol. 2011 Oct; 186(4 Suppl):1668-71.
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Radiographic changes following excisional tapering and reimplantation of megaureters in childhood: long-term outcome in 46 renal units. J Urol. 2007 Oct; 178(4 Pt 1):1474-8.
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Anatomic, functional, and pathologic changes from internal ureteral stent placement. Urology. 1992 Oct; 40(4):385-90.