cystoscopy (cystourethroscopy)
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Indications
- well documented gross hematuria or persistent microscopic hematuria
- older adults
- younger patients with risk factors for bladder cancer
Procedure
- endoscopy that provides a direct view of the urethra & bladder by inserting a flexible scope into the urethra & then into the bladder.
- evaluation of the prostate may be done during cystoscopy[1]
- multiple bladder biopsies enhance yield of detecting carcinoma in situ
Complications
- risk of infections associated with reprocessed urological endoscopes, including cystoscopes, ureteroscopes, & cystourethroscopes[2]
More general terms
More specific terms
- cystoscopy for biopsy
- cystoscopy for bladder chemodenervation
- cystoscopy for brachytherapy
- cystoscopy for interstitial cystitis
- cystoscopy for neoplasm
- cystoscopy for resection
- cystoscopy for stricture
- cystoscopy for urethral syndrome
- cystoscopy with ejaculatory duct catherization
- cystoscopy with fulguration
- cystoscopy with irrigation & evacuation of multiple obstructing clots
- cystoscopy with lithotripsy
- cystoscopy with stone removal
- cystoscopy with ureteral catherization
- cystoscopy with ureteral meatotomy
- cystoscopy with urethrotomy
Additional terms
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Geriatric Review Syllabus, 9th edition (GRS9) Medinal-Walpole A, Pacala JT, Porter JF (eds) American Geriatrics Society, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 FDA MedWatch. April 1, 2021 Infections Associated with Reprocessed Urological Endoscopes - Letter to Health Care Providers https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/letters-health-care-providers/infections-associated-reprocessed-urological-endoscopes-letter-health-care-providers
- ↑ Cystoscopy and Ureteroscopy http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/cystoscopy/index.htm