Vesicoureteral Reflux and Urinary Tract Infection: Introduction to Seminar

Abstract

Further light has been shed on the riddle of the small scarred contracted kidney with the fashionable term “reflux nephropathy”. At the last IPNS meeting in Finland, a great amount of interest was aroused about the subject, resulting in a work shop conference which convened in June, 1978 in Bermuda. A monograph of these proceedings was published, edited by Hodson and Kincaid-Smith entitled Reflux Nephropathy This volume presents a variety of controversial subjects that involve urologists, nephrologists, radiologists, pathologists, pediatricians, and other specialists. Unfortunately, emotional and anecdotal arguments are often injected into these debates. In this seminar we hope to offer an update on these subjects and focus on the issues of greatest disagreement. May I first introduce our distinguished panel:

• Prof. George A. Richard, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

• Prof. Jan Winberg, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

• Dr. Jean Smellie, University College Hospital, London, UK

• Prof. Hermann Olbing, Universitatskinderklinik, Essen, W. Germany

• Prof. Robert Jeffs, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

• Mr. Phillip Ransley, Institute of Child Health, London, UK