Abstract:
This was cross sectional descriptive study doneat Kosti Teaching
Hospital in the period from November 2018 to May 2019.
The problem of study was that,the hydronephrosis is risky and cause
renal failure butvery little studies and literature have been made, so far in
Sudan especially using ultrasound .The main objective of this research isto
study the hydronephrosis by ultrasound.
The sampling includes 50 patients suffering from hydronephrosis with
different ages and gendersscanned by ultrasound, the data collected by data
collected sheet design for this study the data were analyzed by SPSS.
The study found that males are affected byhydronephrosis morethan
females 60%.The most common age was (21-30) that equivalent to 24%
from the general total.
The majority of patients came with modrate hydronephrosis which
equal 46% as a percentage from total.According the causes the study found
that stones is the main causes as it represent 46%.
The study concluded that the ultrasound candetect hydronephrosis,
determinedegree and some of causes.
The study recommended that further study should be done with larger
sample volume formore accurate results.
