The Lich-Gregoire procedure is a technique associated with shorter postoperative hospitalization and less discomfort, pain and hematuria than the intravesical technique. Both techniques were effective in correcting VUR. Extravesical reimplantation can cause transitory bladder dysfunction in a small percentage of the bilateral cases.
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