The Diagnostic Efficacy of and Requirement for Postnatal Ultrasonography Screening for Congenital Anomalies of the Kidney and Urinary Tract

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dc.authoridGulyuz, Abdulgani/0000-0001-5797-9115;
dc.contributor.authorGulyuz, Abdulgani
dc.contributor.authorTekin, Mehmet
dc.date.accessioned2025-10-24T18:09:46Z
dc.date.available2025-10-24T18:09:46Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.departmentMalatya Turgut Özal Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractBackground: We aimed to investigate the efficacy of postnatal ultrasonography in detecting congenital anomalies of the kidneys and urinary tract in term infants without prenatal history of congenital anomalies of the kidneys and urinary tract. Methods: In this retrospective cohort study, we reviewed the records of term infants between six weeks and three months of age who underwent urinary tract ultrasonography during routine pediatric care. Results: Congenital anomalies of the kidneys and urinary tract were detected on prenatal ultrasonography in 75 of the 2620 patients included in the study. Congenital anomalies of the kidneys and urinary tract were detected via postnatal USG in 46 (1.8%) of 2554 patients without anomalies on prenatal USG screening. The most common anomaly was hydronephrosis (69.6%). Thirty-two cases of hydronephrosis, three cases of renal agenesis, four cases of horseshoe kidney, one case of MCDK, and two cases of duplex systems which were not detected on prenatal USG were detected on postnatal USG. On the other hand, 29 (1.1%) cases with mild or moderate hydronephrosis on prenatal ultrasonography did not have hydronephrosis on postnatal ultrasonography. Conclusions: In our study, approximately one-third of the cases of hydronephrosis, unilateral renal agenesis, duplex systems, horseshoe kidney, and ectopic kidney were not detected in prenatal ultrasonography screening. Therefore, we believe that in addition to prenatal ultrasonography screening, postnatal ultrasonography screening of all children for urinary tract anomalies would be beneficial.
dc.description.sponsorshipThe authors wish to thank radiologist Cumali Ozay.
dc.description.sponsorshipThe authors wish to thank radiologist Cumali Ozay.
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/diagnostics13193106
dc.identifier.issn2075-4418
dc.identifier.issue19
dc.identifier.pmid37835849
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13193106
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12899/3819
dc.identifier.volume13
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001085569900001
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ1
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherMdpi
dc.relation.ispartofDiagnostics
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_20251023
dc.subjectchildren; congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract; prenatal; postnatal; ultrasound screening
dc.titleThe Diagnostic Efficacy of and Requirement for Postnatal Ultrasonography Screening for Congenital Anomalies of the Kidney and Urinary Tract
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