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Critically Appraised VCUG Studies

2017 - 2024

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Contemporary Practice Patterns of Voiding Cystourethrography Use at a Large Tertiary Care Center in a Single Payer Health Care System

2017

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Controversies regarding management of vesicoureteral reflux

2017

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Use of sedative drugs at reducing the side effects of voiding cystourethrography in children

2017

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Urinary tract Infections after voiding cystourethrogram

2017

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Critical appraisal of the top-down approach for vesicoureteral reflux

2017

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Local Trends in the Evaluation and Treatment of Urinary Tract Infections and Vesicoureteral Reflux in Children

2017

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Pediatric cystogram: are we considering age-adjusted bladder capacity?

2018

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Vesicoscopic cross-trigonal ureteral reimplantation: High success rate for elimination of primary reflux

2018

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Pediatric voiding cystourethrography: an essential examination for urologists but a terrible experience for children

2018

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Adherence to the 2011 American Academy of Pediatrics Urinary Tract Infection Guidelines for Voiding Cystourethrogram Ordering by Clinician Specialty

2019

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Population-based trend analysis of voiding cystourethrogram ordering practices in a single-payer healthcare system before and after the release of evaluation guidelines

2019

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New trends in voiding cystourethrography and vesicoureteral reflux: who, when, and how?

2019

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Minimizing the risk of psychological trauma during pediatric voiding cystourethrogram

2020

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Can virtual reality help children undergoing urologic procedures?

2020

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Pediatric Imaging, Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology

2020

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Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients Receiving Sedation for Voiding Cystourethrography

2021

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Contrast-enhanced voiding urosonography in the assessment of vesical-ureteral reflux: the time has come

2021

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Evaluation of the Diagnostic Value of Contrast-Enhanced Voiding Urosonography with Regard to the Further Therapy Regime and Patient Outcome-A Single-Center Experience in an Interdisciplinary Uroradiological Setting

2021

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Standardized protocol for voiding cystourethrogram: Are recommendations being followed?

2021

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Safety assessment and diagnostic evaluation of patients undergoing contrast-enhanced urosonography in the setting of vesicoureteral reflux confirmation

2021

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Parents’ perceptions of the impact of information at a VCUG of their child: an example of person-centered care in radiography

2021

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Safety and parents´ acceptance of ultrasound contrast agents in children and adolescents - contrast enhanced voiding urosonography and contrast enhanced ultrasound

2022

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Interdisciplinary Collaboration in a Pediatric Urology Outpatient Clinic at a Tertiary Children's Hospital: A Case Series

2022

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An innovative diagnostic procedure in children: videourodynamics with contrast-enhanced voiding urosonography

2023

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Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio as a predictor of primary vesicoureteral reflux evolution in children with associated acute pyelonephritis

2023

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Utility of Positional Instillation of Contrast Cystography for Diagnosing Occult Vesicoureteral Reflux in Children: A Report of Two Cases

2023

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Viability of contrast-enhanced voiding urosonography as an alternative to fluoroscopy during video urodynamics

2023

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Urinary tract infection in children: A narrative review of clinical practice guidelines

2023

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Parental perception of contrast enhanced voiding ultrasonography urodynamics vs fluoroscopic urodynamics

2023

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Urologic practice patterns of pediatricians: a survey from a large multisite pediatric care center

2023

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Retrograde urethrography in children: a decade of experience at a children's hospital

2023

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The Utility of Noninvasive Urinary Biomarkers for the Evaluation of Vesicoureteral Reflux in Children

2023

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Contrast-enhanced voiding urosonography (CEVUS) as a safe alternate means of assessing vesicoureteral reflux in pediatric kidney transplant patients

2023

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Pilot study from University of Pennsylvania Masters of public health graduate student

2023

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Development and multi-institutional validation of a deep learning model for grading of vesicoureteral reflux on voiding cystourethrogram: a retrospective multicenter study

2024

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Risk factors for new renal scarring in children with vesicoureteral reflux receiving continuous antibiotic prophylaxis

2024

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Therapeutic Management of Children with Vesicoureteral Reflux

2024

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A Single-System Ectopic Ureter in a Child: A Challenge for Early Diagnosis

2024

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Stratifying Antenatal Hydronephrosis: Predicting High-Grade VUR Using Ultrasound and Scintigraphy

2024

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