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Vesicoureteral Reflux
Charles E. Shopfner
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Abstract
On the basis of the urethrographic examinations of 3,505 infants and children, the author evaluates the relationship of vesicoureteral reflux to urinary tract obstruction, urinary tract infection, and renal atrophy. He concludes that (1) urinary tract infection is the most common cause of vesicoureteral reflux; (2) no proof exists that vesicoureteral reflux either causes or propagates urinary tract infection; (3) medical management is the treatment of choice for infection and vesicoureteral reflux; (4) surgery is not indicated in the treatment of urinary tract infection and vesicoureteral reflux.