Bladder neck obstruction in women

Primary bladder nech obstruction in women is quite rare and its symptoms - dysuria, frequency and urgency - are equivocal. Routine radiological investigations alone do not allow a diagnosis to be made, due to the lack of simultaneous measurements of detrusorial pressure and uroflow. A precise diagnosis is thus to be obtained by synchronous video-urodynamic studies which allow the depiction of nonfunneling or tight bladder neck during the entire phase of detrusor contraction, of bladder trabeculations and diverticula, vesico-ureteral reflux, long micturition time and incomplete voiding. When these radiological signs are associated with a rise in detrusorial voiding pressure over 60 cm of water and with peak urine flow lower than 15 ml/s, the diagnosis of bladder neck obstruction is unquestionable and the appropriate farmacologic/endoscopic treatment can be administered