Male Cystoscopy Procedure | PreOp® Patient Education

Male Cystoscopy Procedure | PreOp® Patient Education
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Your doctor has recommended that you undergo a Cystoscopy. But what does that actually mean?

The lower urinary tract allows your body to store and release urine.
It's made up of two parts, the bladder and the urethra.

Your bladder is a hollow organ that expands as it fills with urine. Because it is made of muscular tissue, it can also contract and force urine to pass out of the body, through the urethra. Your urethra carries urine from the bladder all the way through the opening in the penis.

Your doctor feels that it is necessary to examine the interior of the urethra and bladder, to try to determine the cause of a problem that you may be having.

Symptoms that may call for a routine Cystoscopy include:

* Persistent infection of the urinary tract
* Bladder stones
* Bleeding while urinating
* Irritation due to polyps, or
* Changes to the bladder caused by cancer.

Cystoscopy is a simple procedure during which your doctor will insert a well-lubricated, instrument called a cystoscope through your urethra and into your bladder.

The cystoscope allows your doctor to visually inspect the interior of your bladder. It also allows your doctor to remove small pieces of tissue for later examination and even to crush small bladder stones, should any be present.

Any tissue that your doctor removes from your bladder will be sent immediately to a laboratory for analysis. Your doctor will ask the laboratory to check for any sign of cancer or other abnormality.

So make sure that you ask your doctor to carefully explain the reasons behind this recommendation.

Your Procedure:

On the day of your operation, you will be asked to put on a surgical gown.

You may receive a sedative by mouth and an intravenous line may be put in.

You will then be transferred to the operating table.

Once on the table, your feet and legs will be placed in an elevated position with your knees apart.

You'll be asked to urinate so the amount of urine remaining in the bladder can be measured.

The nurse will swab the penis with an antiseptic solution.

Your doctor will then lift your penis upward.

A well-lubricated cystoscope is gently inserted into the urethra, the opening at the head of the penis, and slowly guided inward.

When the cystoscope reaches the back of the penis, your doctor will pull the penis downward in order to create a straight path into the bladder.

from # All Medicine by Alexandros G. Sfakianakis via Alexandros G.Sfakianakis on Inoreader https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTcU66I4fUU
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