Correlation of Uroflowmetry with Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in Patients with Symptomatic Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia at Eastern Part of Nepal: A Prospective Study

Abstract

Aims: To study the correlation between IPSS and uroflowmetry in patients with symptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia Material and methods: This is prospective study done from june 2015 to may 2016 in department of urosurgery BPKIHS, Dharan, Nepal. Total of 100 patients with symptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia were included in the study. All patients lower urinary tract symptoms and their urofowmetry parameters were entered in preform profoma. Conclusion: Of the 100 patients that presented with BPH, most of the patients (47.5%) were in the age group of 60-69 years. It was found that prostate size had moderately positive correlation with LUTS while PVRU was found to have a weakly positive correlation with severity of urinary symptoms. Among the parameters which were obtained by uroflowmetry, Peak flow rate (Qmax) was found to be the most representative of the symptom severity of the patient. Average flow rate (Qavg) and voided volume showed no correlation with the symptoms of the patients. Through our study, we concluded that uroflowmetry is a valuable tool for the diagnosis of patients presenting with Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms. We can also assess the efficacy of our treatment by performing pre operative and post operative uroflowmetry.