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Home Clinical Services Vesicoureteral Reflux Program Treatment
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At Children's Hospital Boston, our main goal for treating VUR is to prevent infections that might affect the kidney and possibly cause kidney damage. The Department of Urology provides a comprehensive approach to the management of vesicoureteral reflux from initial diagnosis to treatment and follow-up care.

Most commonly, we will treat your child two ways:

  1. Observation on prophylactic antibiotics for varying periods of time.
  2. Although the majority of reflux will get better on its own, surgery is performed to correct the reflux if:
    • The grade level is high
    • There is kidney damage
    • Break through urinary tract infections occur, while on antibiotics
    • Antibiotics for a particular child are not recommended.
Innovative Treatments
Minimally invasive surgery, such as laproscopic and endoscopic surgeries, are available at Children's. The Department of Urology has been instrumental in developing cutting-edge minimally invasive urological pediatric surgeries (See Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery).
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