Risk factors for kidney damage in patients with vesico-ureteral reflux
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Vesicoureteral reflux is a risk factor for kidney damage, reduced kidney function, and reflux nephropathy. This is a retrospective study of risk factors for kidney damage in patients with vesicoureteral reflux from 2017 to 2020. There were 137 patients with vesicoureteral reflux, the majority (67.2%) were primary vesicoureteral reflux, , with the median age of 41.0 months old. Most cases of vesicoureteral reflux were moderate and severe, 38.0% and 40.1%, respectively. The rate of small kidney size was 41.6%, and the rate of kidney damage was 55.5%. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that small kidney size and moderate and severe vesicoureteral reflux were risk factors for renal damage, p < 0.05. Small kidney size on ultrasound and moderate and severe vesicoureteral reflux were risk factors for kidney damage on kidney scintigraphy.
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Vesicoureteral reflux, kidney damage, DMSA
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