Surgery may also be discussed in cases when, after repeated VCUG's and allowing for the growth of the child, the reflux does not appear improving. Your child will be in the hospital for three to four days. He or she will still need to take daily antiobiotics following the surgery until the bladder and ureter are healed. An ultrasound will be performed approximately one month following surgery and depending on each case, a VCUG will be performed six months following surgery. Specific modes of transmission are not known, but there is a very high incidence of reflux among siblings.
Younger siblings are at a much greater risk than older siblings.
In many of these affected siblings, there is no documented history of symptomatic urinary tract infections. We would recommend that young siblings of refluxers be screened either with a VCUG or nuclear cystogram. Return to top of page .