title: Outcomes of conservative treatment of primary vesicoureteral reflux in children.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The purpose of the study was to evaluate the efficacy of conservative treatment of primary vesicoureteral reflux.
  
  
  METHODS
  Material included 179 children aged 1-15. Methods included voiding cystography in all the patients. Normal result of the examination was assumed as the regression of reflux.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Conservative treatment resulted in the regression of 58% of I degree-IV degree refluxes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The most significant factors determining the efficacy of conservative treatment of primary vesicoureteral reflux are: reflux grade and child's age at diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, E. Warmiński Municipal Hospital, ul. Szpitaina 19, 85-826 Bydgoszcz, Poland.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kuczyńska
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Czerwionka-Szaflarska
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D012008:Recurrence; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000150:complications; D014718:Vesico-Ureteral Reflux / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*