uretreoscopy & cystoscopy by hannah pitman and zoe beaudoin
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Uretreoscopy&
Cystoscopy
BY Hannah Pitman and Zoe Beaudoin
What is the test?
Tube is inserted into the urethra
Urethroscope
What does it test for?
Kidney stones
When is it ordered?
Stones are stuck in the ureter
Close to the bladder and kidney
What do the results mean?
Show location of kidney stones
May be in a problem area
Removal?
What are kidney stones?
Hard mineral and crystalline material
Formed in kidney
Causes blood in the urine
Abdominal pain
Risks
Injury to ureter or enlarged prostate
UTI’s
Bleeding
Abdominal pain
Not possible/ difficult if surgery to ab. or pelvis
What is the test?
cystoscope lense insterted
focuses on insider of UT
What Does it test for?
Tests for a urinary problem
mainly focused on insider of urinary tract
wHEN IS IT ORDERED
Blood in urine, stone in urinary tract
loss of bladder control
overactive bladder
frequen UTI’s
cells found in urine sample
need for bladder catheter
sone in
What do results mean?
It does not cure problems but allows doctors to see what is going on inside the urinary tract
Procedure
anestia is used
no food must be consumed
test done under local anesthetic
two different scopes may be used
scope passed into bladder then urinary tract where it is view