Simultaneous urethro-cystometry with a new technique.
A new technique for studying simultaneous intravesical-intraurethral pressure is described. The basic principle of our technique is pressure recordings with the aid of micro-transducers. These micro-transducers have excellent frequency response, are easy to calibrate and to sterilize and are free from artefacts induced by motion. They permit a more accurate study of the pressures within the bladder and the urethra than catheter-transducer systems described earlier. Using electronical subtraction the closure pressure can easily be measured under static and dynamic conditions. Typical pressure diagrammes obtained with this catheter system are presented.
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008365:Manometry; D011312:Pressure; D014159:Transducers; D014521:Urethra / Q000502:physiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000502:physiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014546:Urinary Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D014550:Urinary Incontinence, Stress / Q000503:physiopathology