Korean J Urol.
1976 Mar;17(1):11-17.
Nonvisualizing kidney on I.V.P. In Children
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Urology, College of Medicine, Busan National University, Busan, Korea.
Abstract
- This paper deals with clinical study of 23 cases of non-visualizing kidney on intravenous pyelography in children during 11 years from Jan. 1965 to Dec. 1975. The studying period was divided into the earlier term('68~'71) and the later term('72~'75) because since 1972 we have had special considerations in pediatric urology. The following results were obtained from the study. 1. More than half of the cases with non-visualizing kidney were seen in the age under 5 years. There were no remarkable difference between both sexes and terms of studying. 2. The chief complaints were flank mass, hematuria, incontinence and urinary frequency etc. in order of frequency without regarding to terms of studying. 3. In boys, the duration of symptoms was generally shorter than in girls. 4. As causative diseases, obstructive uropathy occupies more than half of the cases and more frequent in the earlier term of study than in later term. There was seen no difference between sexes. 5. In treatment of causative diseases, as possible conservative operations of the kidney were done.
