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Preoperative ultrasound examinations measured the bladder wall thickness at the ureteral orifice, ureteral submucosal tunnel length, distal ureteral diameter, patient demographics, VUR grade, presenting complaints, bladder\u2013bowel dysfunction, and renal scarring, and the impact of these variables on treatment success was analyzed.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Among the patients, 91.4% were female, with a mean age of 6.83\u2009\u00b1\u20093.84\u00a0years. A comparison between the treatment success and failure groups revealed no significant differences in the age, sex, VUR grade, laterality, bilaterality, presenting complaints, bladder\u2013bowel dysfunction, bladder wall thickness, or distal ureteral diameter (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&gt;\u20090.05). However, renal scarring occurred in 16 (38.1%) patients in the treatment success group and 10 (90.9%) in the treatment failure group (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.002). The treatment failure group had shorter detrusor-to-ureteral orifice distances and smaller detrusor-ureteral orifice distance-to-distal ureteral diameter (D\/U) ratios than that of the success group (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.004 and\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.006, respectively). Patients with a detrusor-to-ureteral orifice distance\u2009&lt;\u20097.4\u00a0mm had an 81.82% likelihood of treatment failure.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Ultrasound measurements of the detrusor-to-ureteral orifice distance and D\/U ratio proved reliable in predicting the success of endoscopic subureteric injection therapy for VUR.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1007\/s00595-024-02833-x","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,4,16]],"date-time":"2024-04-16T07:14:15Z","timestamp":1713251655000},"page":"1265-1271","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Ultrasound-based predictive indicators for treatment outcomes in pediatric vesicoureteral reflux"],"prefix":"10.1007","volume":"54","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6980-2667","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mehmet","family":"\u00d6zt\u00fcrk","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2608-0008","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Haluk","family":"\u015een","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9900-5981","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Feyza","family":"Y\u0131lmaz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5542-1572","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"\u00d6mer","family":"Bayrak","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6802-3415","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"G\u00fcrdal","family":"Demirci","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0618-8393","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Muharrem","family":"Baturu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6041-6580","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"M. 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