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Endoscopic treatment with stabilized nonanimal hyaluronic acid/dextranomer gel is effective in vesicoureteral reflux associated with bladder dysfunction.

Läckgren G, Sköldenberg E, Stenberg A

Section of Urology, University Children's Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden. goran.lackgren@surgsci.uu.se

PURPOSE: Endoscopic injection of stabilized nonanimal hyaluronic acid/dextranomer gel is an established treatment for vesicoureteral reflux in children. We performed a subgroup analysis to assess this treatment in reflux associated with bladder dysfunction. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Of 308 consecutive children treated endoscopically with stabilized nonanimal hyaluronic acid/dextranomer gel for dilating vesicoureteral reflux 54 were observed retrospectively to have bladder dysfunction. Initial followup consisted of voiding cystourethrogram at 3 and 12 months after injection, with positive response defined as reflux grade 0 or I. At 7 to 12 years following treatment patient charts were checked for urinary tract infections and bladder dysfunction, and a followup survey (postal questionnaire) was administered. RESULTS: A positive response to therapy (cure) was observed in 45 children (83%) after 1 to 3 endoscopic treatments. Concurrently, bladder dysfunction had resolved in 32 patients (59%). After the last stabilized nonanimal hyaluronic acid/dextranomer gel implantation 45 patients (83%) were free of urinary tract infections. Questionnaire results were similar to chart based findings. Stabilized nonanimal hyaluronic acid/dextranomer gel implantation was well tolerated, with no associated complications. CONCLUSIONS: Endoscopic treatment with stabilized nonanimal hyaluronic acid/dextranomer gel appears to be similarly effective in patients with vesicoureteral reflux with and without bladder dysfunction. These data indicate that bladder dysfunction should not be considered a contraindication to endoscopic treatment for reflux.

Published 13 February 2007 in J Urol, 177(3): 1124-8; discussion 1128-9.
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