OBJECTIVE: The present study had as its objective to compare the findings of voiding cystourethrography with those of duplex color Doppler in patients with suspected vesicoureteral reflux. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The research was developed through the study of ureterovesical jet angles, both in axial and longitudinal planes. Also, the distance (in cm) between ureteral meatuses was analyzed. RESULTS: From a total sample of 32 patients (mean age of five years and two months), 18 presented with vesicoureteral reflux (10 with unilateral reflux - 4 right-sided and 6 left-sided -, and 8 with bilateral reflux) and 14 patients did not presented with reflux. The angles of ureterovesical jet and distances between the ureteral meatuses were measured in all patients, and mean values, standard deviation and coefficient of variance were calculated. CONCLUSION: Data showed that a trend towards meatus lateralization is a sign of predisposition to vesicoureteral reflux. Non-parametric Mann-Whitney statistical analysis did not show significant differences (p > 0.05) between groups (inclination angles of ureterovesical jet and distance between urinary meatuses).
Vesicoureteral reflux; Ureterovesical jet; Color Doppler ultrasound; Voiding cystourethrography
