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Radiología (English Edition) A comparative study between two ultrasound classifications for postnatal urinary...
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Vol. 67. Issue 5.
(September - October 2025)
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Vol. 67. Issue 5.
(September - October 2025)
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A comparative study between two ultrasound classifications for postnatal urinary tract dilatation
Estudio comparativo entre dos clasificaciones ecográficas para la dilatación del tracto urinario postnatal
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J. Panach-Navarretea,
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jorge.panach@uv.es

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, P. Hernández-Roviraa, L. Valls-Gonzáleza, R. Gil-Vianab, S. Ferrando-Monleónc, J. Marín-Serrac, H. Rodríguez-Parrad, J.M. Martínez-Jabaloyasa
a Servicio de Urología, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia, INCLIVA, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria, Facultat de Medicina i Odontologia, Universitat de València, Valencia, Spain
b Servicio de Radiodiagnóstico, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia, INCLIVA, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria, Facultat de Medicina i Odontologia, Universitat de València, Valencia, Spain
c Servicio de Pediatría, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia, INCLIVA, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria, Facultat de Medicina i Odontologia, Universitat de València, Valencia, Spain
d Servicio de Medicina Nuclear, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia, INCLIVA, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria, Facultat de Medicina i Odontologia, Universitat de València, Valencia, Spain
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Table 2. Univariate analysis. Factors predicting the need for surgery.
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Table 3. Multivariate analysis. Factors predicting the need for surgery, including the SFU and UTD classifications.
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Table 4. Univariate analysis. Factors that predict spontaneous resolution.
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Table 5. Multivariate analysis. Factors predicting spontaneous resolution, including the SFU and UTD classifications.
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Abstract
Background and objectives

The objective was to test whether the Society for Foetal Urology (SFU) and urinary tract dilatation (UTD) ultrasound classifications for postnatal urinary tract dilatation were able to predict the need for surgical treatment or spontaneous resolution of dilatation.

Materials and methods

Retrospective observational study, involving cases whose first ultrasound scans for congenital hydronephrosis were performed between 2008 and 2011.

Clinical variables were recorded and each case was classified according to the SFU and UTD classifications. Univariate analysis and binary logistic regression were performed to establish which clinical and ultrasound variables were related to the need for surgery or medical/non-surgical resolution of dilatation.

Results

Data was collected on 231 kidneys. Spontaneous resolution of dilatation occurred in 41.5% of cases and 40.2% required surgery at some point.

Age (odds ratio (OR) 1.03) and high degrees of dilatation (P2-P3) in the UTD classification (OR 2.33) were associated with an increased risk of needing surgery, while age (OR 0.95) and high degrees of dilatation (P2-P3) in both the UTD and SFU (3−4) classifications were associated with a lower likelihood of spontaneous resolution (OR 0.23 and 0.27 respectively).

Conclusions

Both the UTD and SFU classifications are good predictors of spontaneous resolution of postnatal urinary tract dilatation, while only the UTD classification is predictive of the need for surgery. Older age at the time of the first ultrasound is associated with a higher risk of needing surgery and a lower likelihood of spontaneous resolution of hydronephrosis.

Keywords:
Ultrasound
Congenital hydronephrosis
Paediatric nephrology
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Antecedentes y objetivo

El objetivo fue comprobar si las clasificaciones ecográficas de la Society for Fetal Urology (SFU) y la Urinary Tract Dilatationn classification (UTD) para la dilatación del tracto urinario postnatal eran capaces de predecir la necesidad de tratamiento quirúrgico o la resolución espontánea de la dilatación.

Material y métodos

Estudio retrospectivo observacional, recogiendo los casos de primeras ecografías por hidronefrosis congénita entre 2008 y 2011.

Se registraron variables clínicas y se clasificó cada caso según las clasificaciones SFU y UTD. Se llevaron a cabos análisis univariantes y una regresión logística binaria para establecer qué variables clínicas y ecográficas se relacionaban con la necesidad de cirugía o con la resolución médica/no quirúrgica de la dilatación.

Resultados

Se recogieron 231 unidades renales. La resolución espontánea de la dilatación apareció en el 41,5% de los casos y el 40,2% requirió cirugía en algún momento.

Por un lado, la edad (Odds Ratio (OR) 1,03) y los grados altos de dilatación (P2-P3) de clasificación UTD (OR 2,33) aumentaban el riesgo de necesidad de cirugía; mientras que la edad (OR 0,95) y los grados altos de la UTD (P2-P3) y de la SFU (3-4) se relacionaron con una menor probabilidad de resolución espontánea (OR 0,23 y 0,27 respectivamente).

Conclusiones

Tanto la clasificación UTD como la de la SFU son buenas predictoras de resolución espontánea de la dilatación del tracto urinario postnatal, mientras que sólo la clasificación UTD es predictora de necesidad de cirugía. Una mayor edad en el momento de la primera ecografía se relaciona con mayor riesgo de necesidad de cirugía y menor probabilidad de resolución espontánea de la hidronefrosis.

Palabras clave:
Ecografía
Hidronefrosis congénita
Nefrología pediátrica

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