S Wessels|Chris F. Heyns
Prospective Evaluation of a New Visual Prostate Symptom Score, the International Prostate Symptom Score, and Uroflowmetry in Men With Urethral Stricture Disease
Tygerberg Hospital|Stellenbosch University|Tygerberg Hospital|Stellenbosch University
evaluate correlation visual prostate symptom score vpss international prostate symptom score ipss uroflowmetry parameters men urethral stricture disease vpss offers nonverbal pictographic assessment lower urinary tract symptomsa total 100 men followed diagnosis urethral stricture evaluated march 2011 november 2012 ipss vpss uroflowmetry urethral calibration urethrography followup every 3 months 318 months available 78 men total 289 visits procedures performed urethral dilation 105 internal urethrotomy 54 urethroplasty 8 patients statistical analysis performed spearmans rank correlation fishers exact student teststhe time taken complete vpss vs ipss significantly shorter 118 vs 215 seconds first 80 vs 156 seconds followup visits p 001 significant correlations vpss ipss r 0845 p 001 maximum urinary flow rate qmax r 0681 p 001 urethral diameter r 0552 p 001 combination vpss 8 qmax 15 mls positive negative predictive values 87 89 respectively presence urethral stricturethe vpss correlates significantly ipss qmax urethral diameter men urethral stricture disease takes significantly less time complete combination vpss 8 qmax 15 mls used avoid invasive evaluation followup men urethral strictures