title: [The Whitaker test. Its reliability and place in the study of congenital malformative uropathies].
abstract: 47 children with hydronephrosis or megaureter under went urodynamic assessment by Whitaker's test. The reliability of this test, evaluated on a long-term follow-up (3.20 years in average) by clinical, radiographic and diuretic renogram test, was excellent in 86.6 per cent. This reliability was better in hydronephrosis (90.5%) than in megaureter (83.3%). The comparison between diuretic renogram and Whitaker's test showed a discordance in 43 per cent. But the diuretic renogram was still a good urodynamic assessment when the curve was not equivocal. In others cases, Whitaker's test was essential for the diagnosis of obstruction.
authors.affiliation: Clinique Urologique, Hôtel-Dieu, Nantes.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Bouchot
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Le Normand
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Couteau
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Buzelin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D006869:Hydronephrosis / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D007223:Infant; D014513:Ureter / Q000002:abnormalities*; D014567:Urography
vernacular_title: Le test de Whitaker. Sa fiabilité et sa place dans l'exploration des uropathies malformatives congénitales.