Lower urinary tract symptoms, prostate volume, uroflowmetry, residual urine volume and bladder wall thickness in Turkish men: a comparative analysis.
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the association between lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) severity and bladder wall thickness (BWT).


METHODS
The study included 155 patients referred to outpatient clinics for LUTS. Patients were divided into three groups due to their IPSS. Group A included the patients with mild symptoms, group B included patients with moderate symptoms and group C included patients with severe symptoms. The patients were again divided into two groups due to their uroflowmetry results. Group 1 included the patients whose Q (max) </= 10 ml/s and group 2 included the patients whose Q (max) > 10 ml/s.


RESULTS
The mean BWT was 4.14 + 1.03 mm (from 3 to 9 mm). Although there was no difference between the IPSS groups in BWT (P = 0.325), it was statistically significant between uroflowmetry study groups (P < 0.01).


CONCLUSIONS
BWT seems to be significantly increased in men who have Q (max) values smaller than 10 ml/s.
Işikay
Levent
L
Department of Urology, Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Turgay Akgül
K
K
Nuhoğlu
Bariş
B
Ozdemir
Gürhan
G
Ayyildiz
Ali
A
Cavumirza
Taner
T
Germiyanoğlu
Cankon
C
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011467:Prostate / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology; D014463:Ultrasonography; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D001748:Urinary Bladder Neck Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis; D014556:Urine / Q000502:physiology*; D014563:Urodynamics / Q000502:physiology*