RECOGNITION OF BLADDER INSTABILITY ON VOIDING CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY IN INFANTS WITH URINARY TRACT INFECTION

Autor: M. Bachelard, U. Jodal U. Sillén, M. Bertilsson, G. Verkauskas, B. Jacobsson
Rok vydání: 2001
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Zdroj: Journal of Urology. 166:1899-1903
ISSN: 1527-3792
0022-5347
DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5347(05)65715-1
Popis: Purpose: We evaluate voiding cystourethrography as a method for identifying bladder instability in infants.Materials and Methods: Cystometry was combined with voiding cystourethrography in 79 male and 64 female infants with first time urinary tract infection. Bladder wall irregularity, elongation of bladder shape, and filling of the posterior urethra were transient radiological signs occurring during bladder filling and were considered to reflect bladder instability. A pediatric radiologist looked for these signs on all 480 films exposed during bladder filling. The results were correlated to simultaneous detrusor pressure recordings. The analysis was repeated independently by a urologist to evaluate the reliability of the radiological signs used.Results: The sensitivity and specificity were both 90% in the evaluation of radiological signs of bladder instability. Filling of the posterior urethra was the least frequently reported radiological sign, which was seen at 53% of unstable contractions. However, wh...
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