title: Are sensations perceived during bladder filling reproducible during cystometry?
abstract: We evaluated whether sensations recorded during a medium-fill cystometry are reproducible. In 10 patients, the evaluation was done during two successive bladder distentions. In 95 patients, the results of a sensory evaluation during urodynamic tests with a mean interval of 15 months were compared. An identity of sensations was reported by 80% of the patients in the short-term study and by 73% of the patients in the long-term study. The perception of a first sensation of filling was the most variable.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Wyndaele
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012677:Sensation / Q000502:physiology*; D013997:Time Factors; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000294:innervation*; D001750:Urinary Bladder, Neurogenic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D014554:Urination / Q000502:physiology; D014563:Urodynamics / Q000502:physiology*