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Comparison of Pressure/Flow Studies with Micturitional Urethral Pressure Profiles in the Diagnosis of Urinary Outflow Obstruction
Author(s) -
DESMOND A. D.,
RAMAYYA G. R.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
british journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 0007-1331
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-410x.1988.tb06384.x
Subject(s) - medicine , urology , urination , urinary system , urinary flow , urination disorder , lower urinary tract symptoms , surgery , prostate , cancer
Summary— Computer technology has made it possible significantly to improve the technique and interpretation of the micturitional urethral pressure profile (MUPP). Thirty‐nine patients with lower urinary tract symptoms have been investigated by this technique and the results compared with those of standard pressure/flow studies. A good correlation was found between the two methods of diagnosing outflow obstruction, but micturitional urethral pressure profiles offered practical advantages in patients who were elderly, immobile or who had severe involuntary voiding, and diagnostic advantages in patients with absent or poor detrusor contractility and those with equivocal pressure/flow studies.