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Reduction in voiding cystourethrographies after the introduction of contrast enhanced sonographic reflux diagnosis

2001

Reduction in voiding cystourethrographies after the introduction of contrast enhanced sonographic reflux diagnosis

  • “Voiding urosonography (VUS) using the intravesical application of an US contrast medium (Levovist) has been shown to have very high sensitivity and specificity in the diagnosis of vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) compared to voiding cystourethrography (VCUG).”

  • “The number of VCUGs was significantly reduced as a result of the implementation of VUS as part of the routine diagnostic imaging modality for VUR. Consequently, the number of children that would have been exposed to ionizing radiation was reduced by over half.”

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