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[Routine intravenous pyelography not diagnostically useful in men with lower urinary tract infections]
1Ziekenhuis Leyenburg, afd. Urologie, 's-Gravenhage.
Objective:
Evaluation of intravenous urography (IVU) in men with a lower urinary tract infection.
Setting:
Leyenburg Hospital, the Hague, the Netherlands.
Design:
Retrospective.
Methods:
In 28 male patients with a diagnosed lower urinary tract infection, an IVU was made in order to find causative urogenital tract abnormalities. We determined whether the IVU provided additional diagnostic information.
Results:
Only I IVU (4%) of the 28 showed abnormalities (a bladder stone in a patient with epididymitis). The finding was not statistically significant (Fisher's exact test).
Conclusion:
In men with a symptomatic lower urinary tract infection showing symptoms such as frequent and burning micturition, whether or not complicated or not by epididymitis, an IVU gives no additional diagnostic information.