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

Abstract

A feeling of incomplete emptying with little PVR is frequently observed in routine clinical practice in both men and women, along with voiding and storage symptoms. This feeling was simultaneously improved by medications for co-occurring urinary symptoms.

Use of intermittent self-catheterisation for voiding dysfunction

“…Performing a 3D portable ultrasound scan of the bladder, using a portable scanner, is a rapid and non-invasive method to determine a residual volume (Thanagumtorn 2016). Symptom assessment is also fundamental, the sensation of incomplete emptying, voiding small amounts and straining to void are all indications of voiding dysfunction (Kobayashi et al 2018), and accompanied with a raised residual urine may indicate the need for ISC.…”

Feeling of incomplete bladder emptying: A definition with clinical implications

“…Although the feeling of incomplete bladder emptying can be accounted for within the clinical concept of bladder outlet obstruction (BOO) with high PVR, the sensation of not being able to empty the bladder in the absence of significant PVR is subjective, of unclear etiology, and the subject of ongoing clinical studies …”