Study of Urinary Bladder Outlet Obstruction Using Ultrasound

Abstract

The main objective of this study is to evaluate the capability of ultrasound to identify the urinary bladder outlet obstruction (BOO) in Sharg Alneel Hospital during period from June 2016 to January 2017. The sample of this study consisted of patients with age range from 60-80 years. The result of this study showed that forty four patients 88% out of fifty patients had an enlarged prostatic gland, and two patients had calculi 4% and two patients 4% had bladder cancer, one patient 2% had diverticulum, one patient 2% had urethral stricture. The study shows that bladder outlet obstruction (BOO) in men is mostly caused by benign prostatic hyperplasia. Bladder outlet obstruction induces significant alterations in the urinary bladder wall especially in advance cases and also impaired ability of the urinary bladder to store and empty urine. According to these results there was a clear proportional relation between the prostatic gland's enlargement and the age of the patient. The residual urine depends on the type of the cause of the obstruction. The researcher found that measuring the prostatic gland size through an empty urinary bladder was not reliable.