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Diagnostic role of contrast-enhanced voiding urosonography (ceVUS) in pediatric duplex kidneys – a comparison with voiding cystourethrography (VCUG)

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30. Nov. 2024

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Fig. 1.

Incomplete duplication with a split ureter through ceVUS
Incomplete duplication with a split ureter through ceVUS

Fig. 2.

Revealing ureterocele through ceVUS
Revealing ureterocele through ceVUS

Fig. 3.

Comparison of CeVUS and VCUG in the context of lower moiety VUR (the arrow indicates the presence of VUR in the lower moiety, while the circle represents the absence of VUR in the upper moiety)
Comparison of CeVUS and VCUG in the context of lower moiety VUR (the arrow indicates the presence of VUR in the lower moiety, while the circle represents the absence of VUR in the upper moiety)

Fig. 4.

Comparison of CeVUS and VCUG in the context of upper moiety VUR (the arrow indicates the presence of VUR in the upper moiety, while the circle represents the absence of VUR in the lower moiety)
Comparison of CeVUS and VCUG in the context of upper moiety VUR (the arrow indicates the presence of VUR in the upper moiety, while the circle represents the absence of VUR in the lower moiety)

Sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values of RBUS, ceVUS, and VCUG

Sensitivity, % Specificity, % Positive predictive value, % Negative predictive value, %
RBUS 73.91 80.43 79.07 75.51
ceVUS + RBUS 89.13 84.78 85.42 88.64
VCUG 17.31 86.96 57.14 51.23

Consistency of VCUG and ceVUS in grading VUR

Grade I II III IV V Total
CeVUS I 0 0 0 0 0 0
II 0 2 1 0 0 3
III 0 1 8 2 0 11
IV 0 0 3 12 3 18
V 0 0 0 2 8 10
Total 0 3 12 16 11 42
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Medizin, Vorklinische Medizin, Grundlagenmedizin, Vorklinische Medizin, Grundlagenmedizin, andere