Feeling of incomplete emptying with little post-void residual in patients with lower urinary tract symptoms: Clinical implications and treatment outcomes

Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms
Minoru KobayashiTakao Kamai

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to examine the clinical features and implications of a feeling of incomplete emptying despite little post-void residual (PVR), because it remains unclear why patients are bothered by such an undefined feeling. Data were collected prospectively from 173 consecutive patients (135 men, 38 women) with a complaint of a feeling of incomplete emptying with PVR <50 mL at an initial visit. The International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS), quality of life (QoL) score, overactive bladder symptom score (OABSS), prostate volume, and PVR were determined. Subjective symptoms were re-evaluated after 8 weeks of medication for co-occurring urinary symptoms. Most patients presented with high scores for a feeling of incomplete emptying, determined by Item 1 on the IPSS. The score for a feeling of incomplete emptying was positively correlated with all IPSS-related scores. Men with a feeling of incomplete emptying more often had co-occurring voiding symptoms with higher scores than women. Significant symptom relief was achieved for a feeling of incomplete emptying as well as voiding and storage symptoms after treatment. In men, there was a positive correlation between the extent of symptom relief of a feeling of incom...Continue Reading

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Jan 25, 2019·Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms·Petros Sountoulides, Wilbert F Mutomba
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