Estimation of Urinary Bladder Wall Thickness in Healty Adults Using Ulttrasonography

Abstract

This is a descriptive crossectional study which was carried out during the

October 2016 in al Ribat hospital in Khartoum- Sudan. The problem of the study

that increase prevalence of bladder outlet obstruction and benign prostatic

hyperplasia in Sudanese adult and bladder wall thickness had estimated accurate non

invasive method to diagnosis it. there is no previous study in Sudanese adult in this

aspect. The study aimed to estimate urinary bladder wall thickness in healthy

Sudanese adults. A total of “50” patients were selected randomly; age arranged from

15 to 75 years scanning by ultrasonography and all patients were normal. Any

patient with renal disorder, lower urinary tract symptoms or prostate abnormalities

was excluded from this study. Data was collected using master data collection sheet

which was analyzed using SPSS. The results of this study showed that the mean age

of participants was 38.64 years, mean weight was 68.26 kg , mean height was 163.26

cm , mean body mass index was17.867kg/m2 , mean posterior urinary bladder wall

thickness was 2.468 mm and mean urinary bladder volume was 245.8211. In

addition to that the study concluded that: the normal urinary bladder wall thickness

in healthy Sudanese adults is 2.468 mm , the posterior urinary bladder wall

thickness effected by urinary volume (p= 0.001 ) and weight (p=0.018 ) . Study

recommended that: use the urinary bladder wall thickness routinely in diagnosis

benign prostate hyperplasia and urinary bladder wall abnormalities.