Gil-vernet anti-reflux surgery and primary vesicoureteral reflux in women.
OBJECTIVE
To review the results of Gil-vernet anti-reflux surgery in adult female patients suffering from primary vesicoureteral reflux.


METHODS
A total of 39 women with a diagnosis of primary vesicoureteral reflux who were surgically treated at our medical center using the Gil-vernet anti-reflux method between 1995 and 2004 were included in the study. Data concerning gender, age, pre- and postoperative symptoms, reflux grading and the outcome of surgery were reviewed.


RESULTS
Thirty-nine females (mean+/-SD age 29.19+/-10 years; range 18-65 years) with a total of 49 refluxing renal units were studied. The Gil-vernet technique was effective in eliminating reflux in 48/49 renal units (97.95% success rate) and 38/39 patients (97.43% success rate). The chief complaints of the patients were resolved after surgery in 87.17% of cases.


CONCLUSIONS
Gil-vernet anti-reflux surgery had a high success rate in adult female patients.
Aghdas
Farzaneh Sharifi
FS
Shahid Labbafinegad Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Akhavizadegan
Hamed
H
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D013520:Urologic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D014718:Vesico-Ureteral Reflux / Q000601:surgery*