Women with cystocele may be associated with detrusor underactivity (DU) or bladder outlet obstruction (BOO). However, the impact of cystocele repair on the rates of DU and BOO remained obscure. Thus, the aim of this study was to elucidate the prevalence of DU and BOO in each age group and elucidate the impact of cystocele repair on the rates of DU and BOO.
Between November 2010 and September 2018, all women with ≥ POP-Q stage II cystocele who visited the urogynecological department of a medical center for urodynamic evaluation were reviewed. Those women who have no complete data of maximum flow rate (Qmax), voided volume, post-void residual volume (PVR) and detrusor pressure at a maximum flow rate (PdetQmax) were excluded from this study. The DU was defined when the PdetQmax was less than 20 cmH2O, the Qmax was less than 15 mL/s, and the bladder voiding efficiency (BVE) was less than 90 %. The BOO was defined when the PdetQmax was not less than 40 cmH2O, and the Qmax was less than 12 mL/s. BVE = voided volume / (voided volume+ PVR) x 100%. Those women without DU or BOO were allocated to the non-DU/BOO group. STATA software was used for statistical analysis. Wilcoxon signed-rank test or McNemar's test was used for statistical analysis as appropriate. P \< 0.05 was considered statistically significant.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
623
The urodynamic assessment included uroflowmetry, filling cystometry with 35°C distilled water at a rate of 60 mL/sec, a pressure flow study, and a stress urethral pressure profile with patient in sitting position \[14\]. A 20-minute pad test for each woman was also performed \[15, 16\]. Multichannel urodynamic equipment (Life-Tech, Houston, TX, USA) with computer analysis and Urovision (Urolab Janus System V, Houston) was used. All terminology conformed to the standards recommended by the ICS \[3\]. All procedures were performed by an experienced technician, and the data were interpreted by a single observer to avoid interobserver variability.
National Taiwan University Hospital
Taipei, Taiwan
DU or BOO
The DU was defined when the PdetQmax was less than 20 cmH2O, the Qmax was less than 15 mL/s, and the bladder voiding efficiency (BVE) was less than 90 % \[1\]. The BOO was defined when the PdetQmax was not less than 40 cmH2O, and the Qmax was less than 12 mL/s \[1\]. BVE = voided volume / (voided volume+ PVR) x 100%.
Time frame: Between November 2010 and September 2018
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