Urinary bladder wall abnormalities (BWA) detected at transabdominal ultrasound (US): A prospective study on diagnostic agreement between two operators with different experience

Purpose: To evaluate diagnostic agreement for BWA detected at US between two operators with different experience Methods: 87 consecutive patients (M/F=73/14; mean age 68yrs) underwent cystoscopy (CYS) owing to hematuria (61 pts), recent incidental US finding of BWA (13 pts), follow-up of urothelial cancers (32 pts). US was carried out by two operators with different experience in abdominopelvic US(operator A: 20 years; operator B: 5 years of experience) in the same session (1–2 days before CYS). Operators were blind to clinical and/or US findings and used top-level machines equipped with tissue harmonic and comp…