2007/01/01 by Stylianos Roupakias, Xenophon Sinopidis, Ageliki Karatza +5
Engineering · Materials Science · Medicine · #Kidney Stones and Urolithiasis Treatments #Mechanical stress and fatigue analysis #Metal Alloys Wear and Properties #Pediatric Urology and Nephrology Studies #Tribology and Wear Analysis #Urological Disorders and Treatments
paper · doi:10.1177/0009922813515744
openalex publication_date 2007/01/01 · crossref issued 2013/12/23 · crossref published 2013/12/23 · crossref published-online 2013/12/23 · crossref created 2013/12/23 · crossref published-print 2014/10/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · crossref deposited 2026/04/28 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/11 · crossref indexed 2026/07/25
Approaches to the management of children with urinary tract infection (UTI), vesicoureteral reflux (VUR), and renal scars have been challenged and have become controversial over the past decade. It is difficult to determine when, how, and which patients will benefit from the diagnosis and management of this condition. Therefore, the issues of diagnostic imaging, observation, follow-up, and intervention tend to be decided more on a case-by-case basis, rather than by using an algorithm. Over the past few years, there have been advances in the identification of risk factors that predispose patients with UTI to present with VUR, to develop recurrent UTIs and renal scars, to have deteriorating renal function, to show VUR improvement and/or spontaneous resolution, and to be candidates for and benefit from early surgical intervention.