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Vesicoureteral reflux in infants with prenatal hydronephrosis confirmed at birth: racial differences
M Horowitz1, A B Gershbein, K I Glassberg
1Department of Urology, State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn, USA.
Purpose:
We compared the incidence of vesicoureteral reflux in black and nonblack patients in whom prenatal hydronephrosis was confirmed postnatally.
Materials And Methods:
We reviewed the records of 58 black and 51 nonblack patients with confirmed hydronephrosis who underwent voiding cystourethrography.
Results:
Reflux was present in 9 cases (8.3%). The prevalence of reflux in black and nonblack patients was 0 and 17.6%, respectively.
Conclusions:
The absence of vesicoureteral reflux in black infants with prenatal hydronephrosis and the 17.6% incidence in nonblack infants suggest that voiding cystourethrography should not be routinely performed in the black population, although it should continue to be done on a routine basis in the nonblack population.
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