A 42-year-old member asked:
Wat is a voiding cystourethrogram (vcug)?
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Dr. James Lin answered
50 years experience in Urology
My take ...: VCUG is a special X-Ray exam to visual if one has bladder-to-ureter / kidney reflux (backflow) or urethral stricture while voiding. For details of its current or evolving indication, techniques, alternatives, etc. over the past 2-3 decades, ask the radiologist timely.
Answered on Oct 7, 2019
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