The Japanese Journal of Urology
Online ISSN : 1884-7110
Print ISSN : 0021-5287
ISSN-L : 0021-5287
COMPARISONS OF FACTORS AFFECTING VOIDING DISORDERS BETWEEN PATIENTS WITH BENIGN PROSTATE HYPERPLASIA AND VOLUNTEERS
Akihiro MurataMitsuhiro TamboTadashi YoshimatsuMasaya OtaManami KinjoHaruhisa NodaKazuyoshi WatanabeMoriaki KatoAkiomi MiyataIchiro MiuraTakatsugu OkegawaTatsuo YonedaMasahito YoshiiTakashi SayamaKikuo NutaharaEiji Higashihara
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2001 Volume 92 Issue 3 Pages 451-456

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(Purpose) The prostate size and motivation to visit clinics were investigated in patients with prostate hyperplasia.
(Objects and methods) One hundred ninety-five patients who had urinary symptoms and visited our outpatient clinic between September 1994 and October 1999 and 268 age-matched volunteers in Mitaka City who underwent a medical examination of the prostate in June 1997 were compared. International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS), Quality Of Life Score (QOL score), residual urine volume, prostate volume and urinary flow rate were measured.
(Results) The prostate volume of the volunteers was 20-25cm3 irrespective of the age. The prostate size of the outpatients was larger than that of the volunteers for every age group. IPSS and QOL score were significantly higher in the outpatients than in the volunteers. Diurnal urinary frequency and sense of residual urine contributed to the discrimination index of the two groups more significantly than the other scores. There was a significant correlation between prostate volume and residual urine volume. The score of weak urinary steam was inversely and significantly correlated with peak urinary flow rate.
(Conclusions) There was no age-related enlargement of the prostate gland. The prostate gland was significantly larger in the patients than in the volunteers even in those in their fifties. Urinary frequency and sense of residual urine are important factors for men to seek and receive medical care.

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