OUTCOME OF ANTENATALY DIAGNOSED HYDRONEPHROSIS AMONG NEWBORNS IN DOHUK CITY | ||
| Duhok Medical Journal | ||
| Article 8, Volume 10, Issue 1, November 2016, Pages 8-8 | ||
| Author | ||
| QADIR M. DOSKY | ||
| Hydronephrosis, Newborn, Duhok | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Fetal hydronephrosis is a common finding on antenatal ultrasound examination occurring in 0.5 to 1 percent of pregnancies, Methods: In this study 67 newborn were evaluated soon after delivery by ultrasound examination and for those with moderate and severe hydronephrosis IVU & VCUG were done, the severity of the hydronephrosis and time of diagnosis were correlated with the cause whether it is physiological or pathological. Results: One third of cases showed no pathological causes and the hydronephrosis resolved during follow up, while two third of cases had pathological causes and the most common two causes were VUR 34% and UPJ obstruction 30% and other causes include lower ureteric obstruction in 10%, posterior urethral valve in 6%, MCDK in 6% and lower ureteric ureterocele in 1.4% , and most cases diagnosed in first trimester seems to have severe hydronephrosis while most of the cases diagnosed in second trimester revealed mild cases with no pathological causes and cases diagnosed in third trimester usually showed to have pathological causes behind hydronephrosis. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Hydronephrosis; newborn; Duhok | ||
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