NCT05568862

Ureteric Jet Doppler Waveforms in Patients With Spinal Cord Injury

The Characteristics of Ureteric Jet Doppler Waveforms and Factors Affecting Them in Patients With Spinal Cord Injury

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 42 (actual)
• Sponsor: Gaziler Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Education and Research Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Urinary dysfunction is very common in individuals with spinal cord injury. The urine flowing from the collecting ducts to the renal calyx stretches the calyces. ANS controlled peristaltic contractions originate in the proximal renal pelvis and travel down the ureters, pushing urine from the renal pelvis towards the bladder. The urine bolus delivered from the kidneys through the peristaltic contraction of the ureter creates an image called ureteric jet. Using the Doppler analysis of ureteral jets, previous studies have examined the changes in the ureteric jet pattern in pathological conditions such as the diagnosis of normal ureteral physiology.

Detailed description

This cross-sectional study was conducted at a tertiary rehabilitation center. Eighteen spinal cord injury patients who met the inclusion criteria and 24 healthy volunteers were included in the study. The appearance of üreteric jet form and bladder wall thicknesses were obtained by urinary Doppler ultrasound both in patient and control groups. Detrusor pressure and bladder volume were measured only in patient group during urodynamic assessment.

Conditions

• Spinal Cord Injuries

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST	Doppler ultrasound, Urodynamic assessment.	The patients included in the study group were given 600 cc of water in the morning and the Doppler ultrasound was performed 30 minutes later
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST	Urodynamic assessment.	A transurethral double lumen catheter was used to measure intravesical pressure in the urodynamic unit for the patients in the study group immediately after the use of the Doppler USG

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-06-17
• Primary completion: 2022-03-20
• Completion: 2022-09-30
• First posted: 2022-10-06
• Last updated: 2022-10-07

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)