THE REPRODUCIBILITY AND INTERPRETATION OF CARBON DIOXIDE CYSTONIETRY

WEIN, ALAN J.
HANNO, PHILIP M.
DIXON, DENNIS O.
RAEZER, DAVID
BENSON, GEORGE S.

From the Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and the Veterans Administration Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Accepted for publication November 18, 1977.

Supported in part by The Craig Foundation for the study of urodynamic assessment of bladder function.

Journal of Urology 120(2):p 205-206, August 1978. | DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(17)57108-6

The day-to-day and same-day variability of carbon dioxide cystometry was examined in a population of men. Considerable variability was observed in each parameter monitored. The implications of such variability, and the validity and significance of certain cystometric events are discussed.