Cystoscopy

This Medical examination studies the internal wall (mucous) of the bladder in order to:

To detect the anomalies.
To carry out taking away.

The cystoscopy is indicated in the assessments of:

Previous family or personnel of cancer of the bladder.
Presence of blood in the urines.
urinary Infections with repetition without obvious cause.

She seeks:

a Cancer.
Of the Polyp S.
a Ignition or Infection.
a Malformation

It is an examination which proceeds in ambulatory medicine, under local anesthesia for the men and lasts approximately half an hour. The doctor explores the internal walls of the bladder thanks to a cystoscope which is a thin tube provided at its end with a lens connected to a source of light. (Endoscopy)

Once the cystoscope introduced into the urethra, it will be able then to begin its exploration while going up to the bladder and to then visualize the mucous membranes of this one. The doctor will be able to possibly carry out taking away. After the examination, the patient can have needs to urinate pressing during a few hours and of the impressions of burn while urinating.

This examination proceeds without particular preparation, it is not necessary to be with jeun. The patient must simply check the sterility of his urines 4-5 days before the examination by carrying out a urine test in a medical analysis laboratory. In the event of infection, an antibiotic treatment will have to be set up as far as possible at least 24 hours before the examination.

The urinary infections and the transitory urinary bleedings are the rare complications of this examination.

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Cystoscopie explained to the patients by the French Association of Urology
explained cystoscopy in a simple way
Cystopexie (the vesicofixation)
Cystocèle (Hernia of the bladder)
Cystomanométrie
Cystoplastie

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