Is there a correlation between prostate size and bladder-outlet obstruction?
This retrospective study was conducted in 521 men with micturition complaints to determine the relationship between prostate size and bladder-outlet obstruction. Analysis showed a statistically significant correlation between bladder-outlet obstruction and prostate size. Urodynamic bladder-outlet obstruction was confirmed in 90% of the patients with a prostate size of more than 80 cm3. In 32% of the patients with a prostate smaller than 40 cm3, no urodynamic evidence of bladder-outlet obstruction was found. There was no correlation between symptom scores (Madsen and I-PSS) and the grade of bladder-outlet obstruction or prostate size. We conclude that precise determination of the prostate size and urodynamics investigations are important (complementary) parameters in the assessment of elderly men with micturition complaints.
Rosier
P F
PF
Department of Urology, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
de la Rosette
J J
JJ
D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011467:Prostate / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014463:Ultrasonography; D001748:Urinary Bladder Neck Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014563:Urodynamics