Complications of cystoscopy may include: Infection Bleeding Urinary retention due to irritation and swelling from the procedure Bladder perforation poking a hole in the bladder with the cystoscope There may be other risks depending on your specific medical condition. Urinary tract infection may interfere with a cystoscopy.
How do I get ready for a cystoscopy? Your healthcare provider will tell you about the procedure and you can ask questions. You will be asked to sign a consent form that gives your permission to do the test.
Read the form carefully and ask questions if anything is not clear. The type of fasting not eating or drinking anything needed before the procedure will depend on the type of anesthesia used.
Your healthcare provider will give you specific instructions regarding how long to fast. You may be given other instructions about a special diet to follow for a day or two before the procedure. If you are pregnant or think you might be, tell your healthcare provider. Tell your healthcare provider if you are sensitive to or are allergic to any medicines, latex, iodine, tape, or anesthetic agents local and general. Make sure your healthcare provider has a list of all medicines prescribed and over-the-counter , herbs, vitamins, and supplements that you are taking.
Tell your healthcare provider if you have a history of bleeding disorders or if you are taking any anticoagulant blood-thinning medicines, aspirin, or other medicines that affect blood clotting. You may need to stop these medicines before the procedure. If local anesthesia is used, you will be awake during the procedure, but you may be given a sedative. You will need someone to drive you home afterwards. If you think you have a urinary tract infection, tell your healthcare provider, because cystoscopy should not be done.
Your healthcare provider may check your urine for infection before doing the procedure. Signs of infection include things like frequent urination, pain or burning when passing urine, fever, and urine that looks dark, cloudy, or reddish in color and smells bad.
What happens during cystoscopy? If you have questions about your care, contact your healthcare provider. For more resources, visit www. Back to top About Your Cystoscopy A cystoscopy is a procedure that lets your healthcare provider look at your urethra, bladder, and the openings to your ureters the tubes that carry urine from your kidneys to your bladder see Figure 1.
Figure 2. Parts of your kidney. Instructions for eating and drinking before your procedure. Do not eat anything after midnight the night before your procedure. This includes hard candy and gum. Between midnight and up until 2 hours before your scheduled arrival time, you may drink a total of 12 ounces of water see figure. Starting 2 hours before your scheduled arrival time, do not eat or drink anything.
This includes water. You must have JavaScript enabled to use this form. Tell us what you think Your feedback will help us improve the information we provide to patients and caregivers. What could we have explained better? Leave this field blank. Last Updated Friday, July 16, Page last reviewed: 20 April Next review due: 20 April There are 2 types of cystoscopy: a flexible cystoscopy and a rigid cystoscopy.
Flexible cystoscopy A flexible cystoscopy is where a thin about the width of a pencil and bendy cystoscope is used.
Preparation You'll be sent instructions to follow before your appointment. You can usually eat and drink as normal before a flexible cystoscopy. The procedure For a flexible cystoscopy: you lie down flat on a special couch your genitals are cleaned with an antiseptic and a sheet is placed over the surrounding area local anaesthetic gel is applied to your urethra to numb it and help the cystoscope move along it more easily the cystoscope is inserted into your urethra and gently moved down towards your bladder water may be pumped into your bladder so your doctor or nurse can see inside it more clearly — you may be able to see images sent to a monitor by a camera in the cystoscope The cystoscope is usually removed after a few minutes.
Does it hurt? Afterwards After the cystoscope is removed, you may need to go straight to the toilet to empty your bladder before changing back into your clothes.
You can usually go home shortly after a flexible cystoscopy. Rigid cystoscopy A rigid cystoscopy is where a cystoscope that does not bend is used. There's usually no need to wait in the hospital until the anaesthetic has completely worn off. If you have a rigid cystoscopy, you'll probably need to stay in hospital for a few hours until the anaesthetic starts to wear off. You can go home once you're feeling better and you've emptied your bladder.
Most people leave hospital the same day, but sometimes an overnight stay might be needed. You'll need to arrange for someone to take you home as you will not be able to drive for at least 24 hours.
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