Hydronephrosis and Ureter Dilatation in a Sample of Iraqi Patients Diagnosed and Characterized using Ultrasound Examination Abdulsattar Osamah Ayad1,*, Jodi Mohammed Ridha1, Jasim Hasanain Ahmed1 Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Babylon University 1Consultant Radiologist in Hilla Teaching Hospital at Radiology Department Babylon province, Al-Hilla City, Iraq *Corresponding author: Osamah Ayad Abdulsattar, Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Babylon University, Consultant Radiologist in Hilla Teaching Hospital at Radiology Department
Online published on 2 February, 2019. Abstract Aim of the study: is to make clear the role of ultrasound in diagnosis and characterization of hydronephrosis in a sample of Iraqi patients. Patients and methods: The present cross sectional study included 60 patients with ultrasound evidence of hydronephrosis selected from a cohort of patients referred from the unit of urology at Al-Hilla teaching hospital. Their age ranges from 21 up to 55 years and the sample included 40 women and 30 men. The study duration extended from 1st of February 2018 to 15th of July 2018. The ultrasonic renal exam did not require any preparation of the patient and was performed with the patient in the supine position. The kidneys were examined in longitudinal and transverse scan planes with the transducer placed in the fanks. A curved array transducer with center frequencies of 3–6 MHz was used. Following ultrasound examination, the major cause of hydronephrosis was pregnancy induced expansion of renal pelvis followed by ureteric stone, infammatory stricture and benign prostatic hyperplasia. The single patient with benign prostatic hyperplasia was 55. Top Keywords Hydronephrosis, Ureter dilatation, ultrasound. Top |