Ultrasound bladder vibrometry (UBV) might be a noninvasive technique to monitor changes in bladder wall mechanical properties in patients with neurogenic bladder dysfunction. Concurrent UBV and urodynamic assessment at different filling volumes were performed in 56 men and 14 women. Group velocity squared and elasticity measured by UBV were highly correlated with detrusor pressure (median correlations 0.73 and 0.72, respectively), suggesting that UBV might enable assessment of bladder wall mechanical changes in a noninvasive manner.
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Thoma, C. Evaluating bladder wall properties with vibrometry. Nat Rev Urol 14, 516 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrurol.2017.108
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nrurol.2017.108