Parental perception of contrast enhanced voiding ultrasonography urodynamics vs fluoroscopic urodynamics

“In this study, we aimed to understand how parents perceived their child's experience of undergoing ceVUS during UDS compared to fluoroscopic (fluoro) UDS.”

“All 53 parents (100%) were satisfied/very satisfied with their ceVUS experience; 48 parents (90.6%) preferred ceVUS, 3 parents (5.7%) preferred fluoro UDS, and 2 (3.8%) were neutral." 

"On average, parents perceived ceVUS to be more comfortable (72.7%) and produce better results (67.4%) than fluoro UDS. The majority felt that both studies allowed the same contact with their child (52.3%) and took the same amount of time (50.0%). However 29.5% felt ceVUS was faster and 34.1% felt ceVUS allowed more contact with their child (Fig. 1). 26 parents (49.1%) specifically noted no radiation as the reason why they preferred ceVUS over fluoro.”

“The majority of parents preferred ceVUS over fluoro UDS. ceVUS was perceived to be more comfortable and provide better results." 

"Many parents highlighted no radiation and no fluoroscopic machinery as factors in preference of ceVUS over fluoro [VCUG]. The parents who preferred ceVUS UDS had children who had both studies done at an earlier age compared to the parents who preferred fluoro UDS.”