Clinical characteristics of patients with prenatal hydronephrosis in early postnatal period: a single center retrospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The study aims to investigate the clinical characteristics of early postnatal period in children with prenatal hydronephrosis (HN) in our single center for 8 years.

Study design

The clinical data of 1137 children with prenatal HN from 2012 to 2020 were retrospectively analyzed in our center. Variables of our study mainly included different malformations and urinary tract dilation (UTD) classification, and main outcomes were recurrent hospitalization, urinary tract infection (UTI), jaundice, and surgery.

Results

Among the 1137 children with prenatal HN in our center, 188 cases (16.5%) were followed-up in early postnatal period, and 110 cases (58.5%) were found malformations. The incidence of recurrent hospitalization (29.8%) and UTI (72.5%) were higher in ma

SUBMITTER: Gu SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10176811 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature