UROFLOWMETRY : AN OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT TOOL IN BLADDER OUTLET OBSTRUCTION POST TRANSURETHERAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE.

DR.SHABNAM S ABOOBACKER; DR.LAVANYA RAGHU SARATH P; DR. ALTAF KHAN; MR. ABDUL SALAAM

Volume : IX, Issue : I, January - 2020

UROFLOWMETRY : AN OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT TOOL IN BLADDER OUTLET OBSTRUCTION POST TRANSURETHERAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE.

Dr. Shabnam S Aboobacker, Dr. Lavanya Raghu Sarath P, Dr. Altaf Khan, Mr. Abdul Salaam

Abstract :

Aims: To Objectively Assess The Symptomatic Improvement In A Subgroup Of Patients With Bladder Outlet Obstruction Due to Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia; Following Transuretheral Resection of Prostate (TURP)Using Uroflowmetry(UFM). Material and methods: Our study of 50 patients with Bladder outlet obstruction due to Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy were subjected to uroflowmetry and IPSS Questionnaire ; pre and post Transuretheral resection of Prostate . Results: Mean voided volume before prostatectomy was 186.02±71.47 mL with a mean maximum flow rate of 10.44 ± 2.83 mL/s ,mean average flow rate of 4.37 ± 1.03 mL/s and mean voiding time was 63.42±24.25 sec and preoperative IPSS score of 21.4± 5.6. After transuretheral prostatectomy mean voided volume was 194.56 ±75.69 mL, mean maximum flow rate was 21.39 ± 3.39 mL/s , mean average flow rate was 13.65 ± 2.22 mL/s and mean voiding time was 20.68 ±8.5 sec and postoperative IPSS score of 8.6 ±4.2. Conclusion: It is concluded that post TURP, the objectively assessed uroflowmetry parameters are correlating with subjectively assessed IPSS score. Hence , uroflowmetry is an easy and office based useful assessment tool for objectively assessing the symptopmatic improvement in BOO post TURP. Index terms– Uroflowmetry, Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia and Transuretheral resection of Prostate.