PURPOSE: We compared the incidence of vesicoureteral reflux in black and nonblack patients in whom prenatal hydronephrosis was confirmed postnatally. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We reviewed the records of 58 black and 51 nonblack patients with confirmed hydronephrosis who underwent voiding cystourethrography. RESULTS: Reflux was present in 9 cases (8.3%). The prevalence of reflux in black and nonblack patients was 0 and 17.6%, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: The absence of vesicoureteral reflux in black infants with prenatal hydronephrosis and the 17.6% incidence in nonblack infants suggest that voiding cystourethrography should not be routinely performed in the black population, although it should continue to be done on a routine basis in the nonblack population.
PURPOSE: We compared the incidence of vesicoureteral reflux in black and nonblack patients in whom prenatal hydronephrosis was confirmed postnatally. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We reviewed the records of 58 black and 51 nonblack patients with confirmed hydronephrosis who underwent voiding cystourethrography. RESULTS: Reflux was present in 9 cases (8.3%). The prevalence of reflux in black and nonblack patients was 0 and 17.6%, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: The absence of vesicoureteral reflux in black infants with prenatal hydronephrosis and the 17.6% incidence in nonblack infants suggest that voiding cystourethrography should not be routinely performed in the black population, although it should continue to be done on a routine basis in the nonblack population.
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