The incidence of urological malformations in newborns in Arad County in 2008
March 30, 2010
| Abstract Title: | The incidence of urological malformations in newborns in Arad County in 2008 |
| Authors: | Voicu Dascau1,2, Ioan Ioiart1,3, Adrian Popa2, Gheorghe Furau1,2, Doina Teodorescu2, Maria Satmarean2, Dorina Burdan2, Adriana Marta2, Elena Gomoi2 |
| Affiliation: | 1 ”Vasile Goldis” Western University, Arad, Romania 2 “Dr. Salvator Vuia” Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Arad, Romania 3 Urology, Clinical City Hospital, Arad, Romania |
| Abstract text: | The objectives of the study consist in discovering the congenital urological malformations through ultrasound exam in order to precociously adopt the right therapeutic attitude. A number of 428 newborns were examined by ultrasound, using an ultrasound device with a 5.5 MHz probe, by the neonatologists of “Dr. Salvator Vuia” Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Arad, Neonatology Department during 2008: 240 of them being boys (56.07%) and 188 girls (43.93%), urological malformations being discovered among 38 of them, with an incidence of 88.79‰ newborns/year. Hydronephrosis was found in 23 cases (60.53% of those with malformations), with an incidence of 53.74‰ newborns/year, while the non-hydronephrotic malformations were found in 15 cases (39.47% of those with malformations), with an incidence of 35.05‰ newborns/year. The relatively high incidence of these malformations justifies the introduction of a national screening program in order to avoid their long-term consequences, especially in the case of obstructive ones. |
| Keywords: | ultrasound, congenital urological malformation, hydronephrosis, incidence, newborn |
| Presentation type: | Poster |
| Correspondence: | no. 1 Feleacului St., Arad, Romania |
| Email: | drdascauvoicu@yahoo.com |
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