title: Bladder wall thickness and ultrasound estimated bladder weight in healthy adults with portative ultrasound device.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The aim of this study was to investigate bladder wall thickness (BWT) and ultrasound estimated bladder weight (UEBW) values in healthy population with a portative ultrasound device and their relationship with demographic parameters.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study was carried out in Neurorehabilitation Clinic of Ege University Hospital. Ninety-five subjects (48 women and 47 men) aged between 18 and 56 were included in the study. BWT and UEBW were determined non-invasively with a portative ultrasound device; Bladder Scan BVM 6500 (Verathon Inc., WA, USA) at a frequency of 3.7 MHz at functional bladder capacity. These values were compared by gender, and their relation was assessed with age, body mass index (BMI) and parity.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Mean BWT was 2.0 ± 0.4 mm and UEBW was 44.6 ± 8.3 g at a mean volume of 338.0 ± 82.1 ml. Although higher results were obtained in men at higher bladder volumes, the results did not differ significantly by gender. Correlation analyses revealed statistically significant correlation between UEBW and age (r = 0.32). BWT was negatively correlated with volume (r = -0.50) and bladder surface area (r = -0.57). Also, statistically significant correlations were observed between UEBW and volume (r = 0.36), bladder surface area (r = 0.48) and BWT (r = 0.25).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Determined values of BWT and UEBW in healthy population are estimated with portative ultrasound devices, which are future promising, for their convenient, easy, non-invasive, time-efficient hand-held use for screening.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Medical Faculty of Ege University, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Selcen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kanyilmaz
authors.forename: Funda Atamaz
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Calis
authors.forename: Yasemin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cinar
authors.forename: Yesim
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Akkoc
keywords: BladderScan BVM 6500; bladder wall thickness; ultrasound; ultrasound estimated bladder weight
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