The results of diagnostics of obstructive uropathies and some other congenital changes in the kidneys, which were obtained using neonatal sonographic screening for 2018 in the neonatal unit of the Third Children’s Clinic of the Slovak Medical University, are presented. The results of thisstudy were compared with statistical data from the National Centerfor Medical Information of Slovakia for 2017–2018. The disadvantages of prenatal diagnosis in different regions of the Slovak Republic, as well as some administrative disadvantages of neonatal ultrasound screening at the present time, are shown. The importance of early diagnosis of obstructive uropathy is also shown.
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