HP-05-005 Ultrasound study of blood flow in vessels of female prostate gland

Abstract

Ultrasound study of blood flow in vessels of female prostate gland (FPG) both in calm and during sexual stimulation of women in reproductive age. A gynecological, sexological and ultrasound study of 94 sexually active women-volunteers, aged from 24 to 42, was carried out. Determination of FPG during ultrasound study was conducted in the regime of grey scale (B-regime) using colored Doppler carding (CDC) and evaluation of Doppler indices of vessels of paraurethral glands both before and after sexual stimulation. Catheterization of urinary bladder and insertion of a ballon, filled with gel, into vagina were carried out at the beginning of examination for the improvement of FPG visual view. Front type of FPG location was found in the accumulation of tissues of paraurethral glands in the projection of distal part of urethra in 67 (71.2%) of examined, back type – in the area of back urethra in 19 (20.2%), diffuse type – along urethra in 7 (7.5%), and absence – in 1 (1.1%). FPG was visualized in the form of clear isoechogenic oval formation with the following size: length – 2.2±0.6 cm, width – 1.52±0.4 cm, thickness – 1.3±0.3 cm, and volume – 4.75±0.5 cm3. Diameter of vessels in the FPG area was between 0.17 and 0.21 cm in calm, and 0.39-0.41 cm – during stimulation. Maximum systolic speed of blood flow (Vps) in calm was 8.9-11.1 cm/sec, while in sexual stimulation it was 13.9-14.1 cm/sec, resistence index (IR) – 0.6-0.62 and 0.63-0.68 respectively, pulsatility index (IP) – 1.44-1.22 and 1.61-1.72 respectively.