%0 Journal Article
%T Endoscopic treatment of primary vesicoureteral reflux at Zagreb Children¡¯s Hospital
%A Bahtijarevi£¿
%A Zoran
%A Basti£¿
%A Ivo
%A Birt
%A Ana
%A Lesjak
%A Nikica
%A Paji£¿
%A Anto
%A Petra£¿i£¿
%A Ivan
%A Stipi£¿
%A Diana
%A £¿oli£¿
%A Tonko
%A £¿tampalija
%A Fran
%J -
%D 2019
%R 10.13112/PC.2019.12
%X Sa£¿etak Objective: The aim of this paper is to give a preview of primary vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) endoscopic treatment at Department ofPaediatric Surgery, Zagreb Children¡¯s Hospital, in 2012 and 2013.Methods: Sixty-six patients having undergone endoscopic procedure for primary VUR were retrospectively analysed in this shortcross-sectional study. The outcome was deemed satisfactory in the absence of VUR as indicated by diagnostic methods or 2-yearpostprocedural relapse-free period.Results: Endoscopic procedure proved successful in 96.5% and unsuccessful in 3.5% of cases; 50.9% of all patients were successfullytreated in the first procedure, and this percentage increased to 75.4%,92.1% and 96.5% after the second, third and fourth procedurein selected patients, respectively; an open surgical procedure was required in 3.5% of cases. Our procedure of choice is Lich-Gregoirtechnique.Conclusion: Advantages of endoscopic treatment in comparison to other modalities are high-percentage success, faster recovery,and shorter hospital stay, therefore it has become the new gold standard of VUR treatment
%K ENDOSCOPY
%K VESICO-URETERAL REFLUX
%K SURGICAL PROCEDURES
%K OPERATIVE
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