ArticlePediatric radiology2012
Voiding urosonography including urethrosonography: high-quality examinations with an optimised procedure using a second-generation US contrast agent.
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- Diagnostic accuracy of contrast-enhanced voiding urosonogram using second-generation contrast with harmonic imaging (CEVUS-HI) study for assessment of vesicoureteral reflux in children: a meta-analysis.World journal of urology · 2019Pooled it
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- Real-Time Ultrasound-Guided Transurethral Incision for Posterior Urethral Valves.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Ultrasound imaging of male urethral stricture disease: a narrative review of the available evidence, focusing on selected prospective studies.World journal of urology · 2024Review
- Application of contrast-enhanced ultrasound in the surgical treatment of vesicoureteral reflux in children.Pediatric surgery international · 2023Review
- A narrative review on the applications of intracavitary contrast-enhanced ultrasonography in pediatric lower genitourinary anomalies.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2023Review
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- Contrast-enhanced voiding urosonography, part 1: vesicoureteral reflux evaluation.Pediatric radiology · 2021Review
- Pediatric contrast-enhanced ultrasound: optimization of techniques and dosing.Pediatric radiology · 2021Review
- Contrast-enhanced ultrasound: a comprehensive review of safety in children.Pediatric radiology · 2021Review
- Relationship between Vesicoureteral Reflux and Glomerular Filtration Rate in Children.Current medical science · 2020Article
- Voiding cystography: an unusual route of induced hypothyroidism by iodine overdose in two newborns with chronic kidney disease.Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) · 2019Article
- Optimisation of sonourethrography: the clamp method.European radiology · 2018Article
- Influence of contrast-enhanced ultrasound administration setups on microbubble enhancement: a focus on pediatric applications.Pediatric radiology · 2018Article
- Feasibility of superb microvascular imaging to detect high-grade vesicoureteral reflux in children with urinary tract infection.European radiology · 2018Article
- Off-label-use of sulfur-hexafluoride in voiding urosonography for diagnosis of vesicoureteral reflux in children: A survey on adverse events.World journal of clinical pediatrics · 2017Article
- Comparison of voiding cystourethrography and urosonography with second-generation contrast agents in simultaneous prospective study.Journal of ultrasonography · 2016Article
- Contrast-enhanced voiding urosonography: in vitro evaluation of a second-generation ultrasound contrast agent for in vivo optimization.Pediatric radiology · 2015Article
- Contrast-enhanced voiding urosonography phantom study: intravenous iodinated and gadolinium-based contrast agents may cause false-negative results in assessment of vesicoureteral reflux in children.Pediatric radiology · 2015Article
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Abstract
backgroundVoiding urosonography (VUS) is established as a technique for detecting vesicoureteral reflux in children.
objectiveTo evaluate the quality of images of the entire urinary tract when using a second-generation US contrast agent and a modified VUS technique. MATERIALS AND
methodsWe evaluated 307 VUS examinations performed using SonoVue® in 591 pelvi-ureter units in 295 children of mean age, 27.1 (S.D., 42.5) months, with 154 (50.2%) of the examinations performed in boys; 58 children also underwent VUS using Levovist®. Three criteria were used for quality assessment of the bladder image: (1) progressive incorporation of contrast material in the bladder, (2) homogeneous bladder-filling to maximum capacity, and (3) visualisation of the posterior bladder wall.
resultsCriterion 1 was fulfilled in 305 (99.3%), criterion 2 in 304 (99%) and criterion 3 in 304 (99%) studies. In children who underwent VUS with both contrast agents, the concordance between the two techniques was moderate for findings in the bladder (Cohen K = 0.487; P < 0001) and perfect for findings in the male urethra.
conclusionBy a modified technique we obtained high-quality images of the bladder with the second-generation contrast agent.
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