bladder wall thickness and ultrasound estimated bladder weight in healthy adults with portative ultrasound device

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa bacground: the aim of this study was to investigate bladder wall thickness (bwt) and ultrasound estimated bladder weight (uebw) values in healthy population with a portative ultrasound device and their relationship with demographic parameters. materials and methods: the study was carried out in neurorehabilitation clinic of ege university hospital. ninety-five subjects (48 women and 47 men) aged between 18 and 56 were included in the study. bwt and uebw were determined non-invasively with a portative ultrasound device; bladderscan bvm 6500 at a frequency of 3.7 mhz at functional bladder capacity. these values were compared by gender, and their relation was assessed with age, body mass index (bmi) and parity. results: mean bwt was 2.0 ± 0.4 mm and uebw was 44.6 ± 8.3 g at a mean volume of 338.0 ± 82.1 ml. although higher results were obtained in men at higher bladder volumes, the results did not differ significantly by gender. correlation analyses revealed statistically significant correlation between uebw and age ( r = 0.32). bwt was negatively correlated with volume ( r = –0.50) and bladder surface area ( r = –0.57). also, statistically significant correlations were observed between uebw and volume ( r = 0.36), bladder surface area ( r = 0.48) and bwt ( r = 0.25). conclusions: determined values of bwt and uebw in healthy population are estimated with portative ultrasound devices, which are future promising, for their convenient, easy, non-invasive, time-efficient hand-held use for screening. key words: bladderscan bvm 6500, bladder wall thickness, ultrasound, ultrasound estimated bladder weight