Urodynamics in chronic bilharziasis

Cystometry and uroflowmetry were performed in thrity three patients with symptomatic chronic vesical schistosomiasis, in eighteen patients the bladders had diminished capacity, however larger than normal capacity bladders were found in fifteen patients, this was an unusual finding which was first attributed to bladder neck obstruction, yet flowmetry showed normal urinary flow in the later group. Few suggestions have been made