Abstract

VELEZ-ECHEVERRI, CATALINA et al. Postnatal nephro-urology findings of patients with prenatal diagnosis of hydronephrosis. CES Med. [online]. 2015, vol.29, n.2, pp.169-180. ISSN 0120-8705.

Currently, we do know the clinical repercussions of prenatal hydronephrosis. This study aims to assess the imaging features of hydronephrosis patients and to determine whether the renal pelvis value in the prenatal ultrasound correlates with the presence of urologic malformations and the need for surgery. Materials and methods: Cross sectional study. We evaluated the medical records of all patients almost 5 years old with prenatal hydronephrosis who had consulted during 2006-2010. Results: we analyzed 97 patients, for a total of 135 kidneys. 17.8 % had not hydronephosis; 85.1 % of the patients with pyeloureteral junction stenosis and 90 % of those with posterior urethral valves had been prenatally classified as having mild to severe hydronephrosis. Conversely, 41.4 % of kidneys with vesicouretral reflux were classified as having mild hydronephrosis, 34.5 % moderate and 24.14 % severe. Furthermore, 56.3 % of the evaluated kidneys needed some type of surgery. It is also worth mentioning that it was necessary to perform surgical procedures on 26 % of the kidneys with mild hydronephrosis. Finally, the analysis of the ROC curve made it possible to find that, when the pelvis has an anteroposterior diameter of 10.5 mm, the sensitivity for the detection of nephro-urologic malformations is 67 % and the specificity 71.2 %. Conclusion: prenatal hydronephrosis, regardless of its degree, may be an indication of malformations in the urinary tract. We recommend performing strict follow-ups on the patients to determine the presence of nephro-urologic malformations requiring some kind of intervention.

Keywords : Hydronephrosis; Vesico-ureteral reflux; Urologic diseases.

        · abstract in Spanish     · text in Spanish     · Spanish ( pdf )