Table 1.
Number of patients | 70 |
Age at treatment | |
Mean SD (yrs) | 7.3 ± 5.0 |
Gender (M/F) | 48/22 |
Cause (n, %) | |
Congenital anomalies and anatomical alterations* | 20 (28.6%) |
Functional dysphunctions** | 9 (12.8%) |
Previous urological surgery (e.g., bladder-augmentation) | 2 (2.8%) |
Metabolic disease | 2 (2.8%) |
Drugs | 1 (1.4%) |
Idiopathic | 36 (51.4%) |
Symptoms (n, %) | 53 (75.7%) |
Abdominal pain | 23 (32.9%) |
Urinary tract infection | 17 (24.3%) |
Hematuria | 9 (12.8%) |
Multiple symptoms | 4 (5.7%) |
No symptoms (n, %) | 17 (24.3%) |
Side (right/left) | 26/44 |
Treatment | |
Single | 53 (75.7%) |
Multiple | 18 (25.7%) |
Location | |
Bladder | 3 (4.3%) |
Kidney | 32 (45.7%) |
Ureter | 24 (34.3%) |
Urethra | 1 (1.4%) |
Multiple | 10 (14.3%) |
Pyelo-ureteral junction obstruction, obstructive megaureter, horseshoe kidney, vescico-ureteral reflux and bladder pathologies (exstrophy, epispadias).
Neurologic bladder, myelomeningocele.