Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • Practice Point
  • Published:

Can a noninvasive penile-cuff test predict bladder outlet obstruction?

Nature Clinical Practice Urology volume 2, pages 126–127 (2005)Cite this article

boxed-textHarding CK et al. (2004) An automated penile compression release maneuver as a noninvasive test for diagnosis of bladder outlet obstruction. J Urol 172: 2312–2315

Background

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Buy this article

  • Purchase on Springer Link
  • Instant access to full article PDF
Buy now

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

References

  1. Griffiths CJ et al. (2002) Noninvasive measurement of bladder pressure by controlled inflation of a penile cuff. J Urol 167: 1344–1347

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. Drinnan MJ et al. (2003) Assessment of prostatic obstruction: A cuff may be enough. Neurourol Urodyn 22: 40–44

    Article  Google Scholar 

  3. Wadie BS et al. (2002) The relationship of detrusor instability and symptoms with objective parameters used for diagnosing bladder outlet obstruction: a prospective study. J Urol 168: 132–134

    Article  Google Scholar 

  4. Andersen JT et al. (1979) Prostatism. I. The correlation between symptoms, cystometric and urodynamic findings. Scand J Urol Nephrol 13: 229–236

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgements

The synopsis was written by Sandra Michelmore, Associate Editor, Nature Clinical Practice.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Associate Chairman in the Department of Urology and Director of Urodynamics and Female Urology at Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA

    J Christian Winters

Authors
  1. J Christian Winters
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to J Christian Winters.

Ethics declarations

Competing interests

The author declares no competing financial interests.

Glossary

DETRUSOR HYPOCONTRACTILITY (DH)

Detrusor muscle contraction of reduced strength and/or duration leading to incomplete or prolonged bladder emptying in the absence of urethral obstruction

DETRUSOR OVERACTIVITY (DO)

Involuntary detrusor muscle contractions during the filling phase; may be spontaneous or provoked

BLADDER OUTLET OBSTRUCTION (BOO)

Obstruction that reduces or prevents urine flow into the urethra; characterized by increased detrusor pressure and reduced urine flow rate, and most commonly caused by benign prostate enlargement

PRESSURE FLOW STUDY (PFS)

Abdominal, bladder, and detrusor pressures, and flow rate, are simultaneously recorded for quantitative assessment of voiding function

QMAX

Peak urinary flow rate

DETRUSOR PRESSURE (PDET)

The component of bladder pressure caused by forces in the bladder wall, estimated by subtracting the abdominal pressure from the bladder pressure

PDET.ISV

The maximum isovolumetric detrusor pressure obtained during combined PFS/penile-cuff test

ROC (RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC)

A statistical validation tool used to measure how well logistic regression models have predicted a particular binary outcome; the area under the curve equates to the probability of being able to discriminate between the two possible outcomes, with the ideal value being 1.0

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Winters, J. Can a noninvasive penile-cuff test predict bladder outlet obstruction?. Nat Rev Urol 2, 126–127 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpuro0123

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpuro0123

Search

Advanced search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing