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Vesicoureteric Reflux in the Adult Male
Author(s) -
CHAPPLE C. R.,
CHRISTMAS T. J.,
TURNERWARWICK R. T.
Publication year - 1990
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.1990.tb14685.x
Subject(s) - asymptomatic , medicine , vesicoureteric reflux , abnormality , reflux , dyssynergia , incidence (geometry) , population , adult male , normal population , vesicoureteral reflux , urology , surgery , sphincter , disease , physics , environmental health , psychiatry , optics
Summary— The main prevalence of vesicoureteric reflux (VUR) is in the adult female population. Although recognised as a clinical entity in adult males, little detailed information is available on this subject. A retrospective analysis was carried out on the results of 1519 consecutive videocystometrograms performed on male patients. VUR had an overall incidence of 8.6% within this population, with a range of 5.1% in patients with normal urodynamics to 15.6% in those with detrusor‐sphincter dyssynergia. The common denominator between VU R and urodynamic measurement appears to be the generation of high intravesical pressures. These findings suggest that VU R is not uncommon in the male population, is usually asymptomatic and should respond to the treatment of any underlying bladder abnormality.