逆流性肾病(reflux nephropathy,RN)是一个新的病名,指尿液逆流入肾所致肾实质损害及肾功能减退。如不及时治疗可发生慢性肾功能衰竭,为尿毒症的常见病因。早在1924年 Bumpus 发表以尿液逆流(uri-nary reflux)为命题的论文,报告在1,036例膀胱造影时发现尿液逆流达8.6％,并指出它与肾盂肾炎之间的因果关系。1952年 Hutch 重新 Reflux nephropathy (RN) is a new name for disease that refers to the renal parenchymal damage and impaired renal function caused by urine countercurrent flow into the kidney. If not treated in time can occur chronic renal failure, uremia is a common cause. As early as 1924, Bumpus published a paper proposing a uri-nary reflux, reporting a urinary reflux of 8.6% at 1,036 cystography and pointed out its causal relationship with pyelonephritis. Hutch reopened in 1952