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Ultrasound: a noninvasive screening test for detrusor instability
V Khullar1, L D Cardozo, S Salvatore
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, King's College Hospital, London, UK.
Objective:
To determine whether transvaginal ultrasound measurement of bladder wall thickness can be used as a screening test for detrusor instability in women with urinary symptoms.
Design:
A blinded prospective study.
Setting:
A London teaching hospital.
Participants:
One hundred and eight-four symptomatic women presenting to a urodynamic clinic.
Main Outcome Measure:
The detection of detrusor instability by means of videocystourethrography (VCU) and ambulatory urodynamics in women with a mean bladder wall thickness of greater than 5 mm measured by transvaginal ultrasound.
Results:
One hundred and eight women had a mean bladder wall thickness of greater than 5 mm. Ninety-four percent (102) of these women had detrusor instability either when undergoing VCU or ambulatory urodynamics. Seventeen women had a bladder wall thickness of less than 3.5 mm of whom three were found to have detrusor instability on VCU.
Conclusion:
The measurement of a mean bladder wall thickness greater than 5 mm with transvaginal ultrasound is a sensitive screening method for diagnosing detrusor instability in symptomatic women without outflow obstruction.