Open AccessOutcome of salvage ureteral reimplantation after endoscopic treatment failure for high-grade vesicoureteral reflux compared to primary ureteral reimplantation
Author(s) -
Tariq Burki,
Muhammad S Howeiti,
Maha K Almadhi,
Fayez M Al Modhen,
Hamdan Alhazmi,
Santiago Vallasciani,
Abdulwahab E Alhams,
Shahbaz Mehmood,
Ahmed M Al Shammari
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
urology annals
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.355
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 0974-7834
pISSN - 0974-7796
DOI - 10.4103/ua.ua_58_19
Subject(s) - medicine , vesicoureteral reflux , surgery , ureter , incidence (geometry) , voiding cystourethrogram , reflux , urinary system , retrospective cohort study , disease , physics , optics
Surgical treatment of vesicoureteral reflux is required after conservative treatment has failed. However, there is a controversy if fibrosis related to previous attempts of dextranomer/hyaluronic acid (Dx/Ha) injection increases the risk of surgical difficulty and postoperative complications. Therefore, the purpose of our study was to compare the outcome of salvage ureteral reimplantation (SUR), after failed endoscopic therapy, to that of primary ureteral reimplantation in patients with high-grade primary vesicoureteral reflux (VUR).