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Do intravenous urography and cystoscopy provide important information in otherwise healthy women with recurrent urinary tract infection?

An investigation of the influence on therapy of intravenous urography (IVU) and cystoscopy in a prospective study of 93 women with recurrent urinary tract infections is presented. The patients fulfilled the following criteria: a history of recurrent urinary tract infection (at least three episodes a year), a physical and gynaecological examination, determination of plasma creatinine, urine culture, microscopy, and uroflowmetry. It is concluded that IVU seldom reveals abnormalities that influence treatment in otherwise healthy women. On the other hand, uroflowmetry and cystoscopy occasionally yield helpful information.

Adolescent↗

Asepsis and out-patient cystoscopy.

Cystoscopy was performed on a control group of 74 patients under full sterile precautions and on a study group of 83 patients under aseptic conditions, which required fewer materials. The incidence of urinary infections in the two groups was 4 and 6% respectively; this difference is not statistically significant. Rigors were rare in both groups (1%). The financial savings achieved by using an aseptic technique for out-patient cystoscopy are discussed.

Antisepsis↗

Urography and cystoscopy in bladder mucosal abnormality.

A prospective study was carried out on 60 patients. The diagnostic usefulness of intravenous urography (IVU) compared with that of cystoscopy in assessing the state of the bladder mucosa was evaluated. Collectively, radiology was as good as cystoscopy in suggesting the final diagnosis of the location and severity of a mucosal lesion. The after-micturition film (AMF) from IVU was the single most informative film which produced correct results in 59 of 60 patients. The full bladder film was the least useful examination and in 45 cases suggested an incorrect or misleading diagnosis.

Adolescent↗

CO2 cystoscopy using a flexible fibreoptic endoscope.

Flexible carbon dioxide cystoscopy has been carried out in 65 patients using an Olympus BF type 1 TR endoscope (usually used for bronchoscopy). Good views were obtained and comparison with standard cystoscopy confirmed that no lesions were missed. The procedure was well tolerated under local anaesthesia. The flexible cystoscope was particularly useful in examining patients with diverticula, anterior bladder neck lesions or the post-radiation fibrotic pelvis.

Biopsy↗

Practical experience with flexible fibrescope cystoscopy in out-patients.

Four hundred and seventy-four patients were examined by flexible cystoscopy under topical urethral anaesthesia in the out-patient clinic in the first year after the technique was introduced as the routine method for diagnostic cystoscopy. The technique has proved safe, efficient and highly cost-effective.

Cystoscopes↗

Superficial bladder cancer: timing of check cystoscopies in the first year.

We report a prospective study of 141 patients presenting for the first time with a small, solitary, non-invasive, moderately or well differentiated transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder. The pattern of recurrence in the first year was assessed and recurrence rates calculated; 80% of patients without recurrence at 3 months remained clear in the first year. There was a highly significant reduction in recurrence rates for those free of recurrence at 3 months. It has been suggested that this group should have the second check cystoscopy at 1 year and yearly cystoscopies thereafter. Our findings support that proposal.

Adult↗

Flexible cystoscopy in men: is topical anaesthesia with lignocaine gel worthwhile?

OBJECTIVE: The value of 2% lignocaine gel as a topical anaesthetic for flexible cystoscopy in men was tested in a prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled trial. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A total of 138 patients were entered into the study. Group A patients (n = 75) received 10 ml of 2% lignocaine gel intraurethrally whilst 10 ml of plain lubricating gel was instilled in the remaining 63 patients (Group B). Patient discomfort was recorded by means of a four-point descriptive pain scale (completed by both surgeon and patient) and a 100 mm non-graphic rating visual analogue scale (patient only). RESULTS: The results showed no significant difference between the two treatments irrespective of the method of recording. CONCLUSION: This study shows that 2% lignocaine gel offers no advantage over plain lubricating gel in providing analgesia for flexible cystoscopy. In this situation good lubrication may be a more important factor than topical anaesthesia.

Aged↗

Presence of mucosal change in the urinary bladder in nonhematuric patients with long-term exposure and/or accumulating high-dose cyclophosphamide. Possible significance of follow-up cystoscopy on preventing development of cyclophosphamide-induced hemorrhagic cystitis.

OBJECTIVE: Cyclophosphamide (CPA)-induced hemorrhagic cystitis is sometimes difficult to manage. We investigated the mucosal changes in patients subjected to CPA therapy in relation to the duration and accumulating dose of CPA. METHODS: Fifteen patients, all of whom were receiving CPA, were studied. Investigation of the dose and duration of CPA administration, urinalysis and cystoscopy was performed. RESULTS: The total doses of CPA administered ranged from 2.5 to 237.0 g, and the duration of administration ranged from 4 to 130 months. Four patients with hematuria (micro or macro) showed various degrees of mucosal hyperemia and telangiectasia. Of 11 patients without microhematuria, 6 patients also revealed mucosal changes distinctive of CPA-induced hemorrhagic cystitis. CPA-induced cystitis with no hematuria insidiously progressed in the patients who received CPA orally at a total dose of more than 40 g and/or for longer than 36 months. CONCLUSION: Early mucosal lesion of the urinary bladder, which will most likely be followed by CPA-induced hemorrhagic cystitis, may develop prior to the appearance of microscopic hematuria. Periodic prophylactic cystoscopy is recommend in patients receiving CPA.

Adult↗

The issue of prophylactic antibiotics prior to flexible cystoscopy.

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to determine whether single-dose parenteral antibacterial therapy significantly alters the rate of infection in patients undergoing flexible cystourethroscopy. PATIENTS AND METHODS: 162 patients were studied prospectively having either received parenteral antibacterial chemoprophylaxis prior to flexible cystourethroscopy or not. Pre- and postprocedure mid stream samples of urine (MSSU) were obtained to objectively evaluate the presence of infection. RESULTS: Gentamicin prophylaxis reduced the rate of post-cystoscopy-positive MSSUs from 21 to 5%. CONCLUSION: The surprisingly high rate of infection after flexible cystoscopy was significantly reduced by a single dose of gentamicin.

Antibiotic Prophylaxis↗

Correlation between cytology and cystoscopy in the follow-up of patients with bladder tumours.

The correlation between cytology and cystoscopy was established using data from 450 cytologic and cystoscopic examinations performed on 401 urology outpatients. Cytology specimens were interpreted by cytopathologists, without access to any clinical information. 311 examinations were performed on patients with present or past bladder tumour history and 139 on patients who were examined for other urological causes. Cytology specificity was good, with a low rate of false-positive results, and revealed 36% of cystoscopically visible tumors; sensitivity increased with tumour grade. In some patients, positive cytology preceded the appearance of tumoral lesions by several months. Cytology and cystoscopy are complementary methods for use in the management of patients with bladder tumours.

Cystoscopy↗

Digital fluoroscopic excretory urography, digital fluoroscopic urethrography, helical computed tomography, and cystoscopy in 24 dogs with suspected ureteral ectopia.

The purpose of this study was to determine the diagnostic utility of helical computed tomography (CT) for the diagnosis of ectopic ureters in the dog and to compare these findings with those of digital fluoroscopic excretory urography and digital fluoroscopic urethrography. Ureteral ectopia was confirmed or disproved based on findings from cystoscopy and exploratory surgery or postmortem examination. Of 24 dogs (20 female, 4 male) evaluated, 17 had ureteral ectopia. Digital fluoroscopic excretory urography and CT correctly identified ureteral ectopic status and site of ureteral ectopia (P < .05). Urethrography did not reliably detect ureteral ectopia. No false-positive diagnoses of ureteral ectopia were made in any of the imaging studies. Cystoscopic findings significantly agreed with findings during surgery in determining ureteral ectopic status and ectopic ureter site. One false-positive cystoscopic diagnosis of unilateral ureteral ectopia was made in a male dog. Kappa statistics showed better agreement between CT and both cystoscopy and surgical or postmortem examination findings with regard to presence and site of ureteral ectopia compared with other imaging techniques. CT was more useful than other established diagnostic imaging techniques for diagnosing canine ureteral ectopia.

Animals↗

The unsuspected double collecting system on imaging studies and at cystoscopy.

Five children (three girls and two boys) who had a duplex collecting system with an ectopic ureter or a ureterocele that was not detected with either imaging or cystoscopy were seen during a 10-year period. Four had urinary tract infection. The fifth was noted to have hydronephrosis when CT scanning of the abdomen was done for trauma. In each case, voiding cystourethrography showed reflux into what was thought to be a single (nonduplex) collecting system, but was found during surgery to be the lower pole of a duplex system. Excretory urography in four patients, sonography in two, and CT scanning in one did not show signs of duplication on the affected side. In each case cystoscopy failed to show a duplex system on the affected side. The diagnosis of duplication of the collecting system with ectopic ureter or ureterocele was made in each case only when the bladder was opened to reimplant the ureter. Direct opacification of the previously unsuspected upper pole ureter in each case showed it to be bind-ending and terminating at the level of the kidney. Radiologists and surgeons should be aware that duplex systems may not always be visible on urography and sonography.

Abnormalities, Multiple↗

Use of laparoscopic-assisted cystoscopy for removal of urinary calculi in dogs.

Urinary calculi were removed by means of laparoscopic-assisted cystoscopy in 3 dogs. Two small abdominal incisions were made--1 for a laparoscope and 1 for placement of a Babcock forceps to aid in grasping and lifting the urinary bladder to the abdominal wall. A cystoscope and instruments for calculi removal were passed through a small cystotomy. Biopsy of the urinary bladder or other abdominal organs could also be performed by use of this technique. Laparoscopic-assisted cystoscopy was minimally invasive and provided clear images of the mucosal surface of the urinary bladder and proximal portion of the urethra for easy retrieval of urinary calculi. An imaging procedure should be performed to ensure complete removal of calculi.

Animals↗

The value of cystoscopy and intravenous urography after magnetic resonance imaging or computed tomography in the staging of cervical carcinoma.

The clinical staging system for cervical carcinoma presently recommended by the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) does not include MRI or CT findings and thus suffers limited accuracy. Recently however, the positive contributions of MRI and CT to preoperative staging have been reported. This study involves a determination of the value of routine cystoscopy and intravenous urography, in the detection of bladder invasion or hydronephrosis resulting from cervical carcinoma, among patients who had undergone MRI or CT. Among a total 296 patients with cervical carcinoma, 271 patients (92%) had undergone MRI and 25 (8%) CT. Bladder invasion was identified pathologically by cystoscopic biopsy in 8 (57%) of the 14 patients with suspected bladder invasion on MRI or CT. There was no bladder invasion in any of the other cases lacking in bladder invasion evidence on MRI or CT. Hydronephrosis was identified by intravenous urography in 18 patients, as it also was in all of these cases on MRI or CT, confirming a negative predictive value for MRI or CT, in detecting bladder invasion or hydronephrosis from cervical carcinoma, of 100%. Therefore, although MRI or CT cannot totally replace cystoscopy, the latter is unnecessary in the absence of bladder invasion evidence on MRI or CT. Intravenous urography, however, can be safely omitted whenever MRI or CT is performed.

Adult↗

[Development of a new technique to detect the laterality of microscopic hematuria by means of gas cystoscopy].

BACKGROUND: We developed a new technique to determine the laterality of microscopic hematuria by means of gas cystoscopy. METHODS: An originally designed catheter system consisted of two catheters. On the tip of an inner catheter, a urine dipstick for blood was attached, with a cap on the tip of an outer catheter to keep the dipstick dry. In order to react a dipstick with the urine coming out from a ureteral orifice in the bladder, CO2 was insufflated into the bladder through a cystoscope (gas cystoscopy). The laterality of microscopic hematuria was determined in the bladder, based on the color reaction on the dipstick. RESULT: This technique was performed successfully in 14 (88%) of 16 cases with microscopic hematuria. The laterality of microscopic hematuria was determined to be ipsilateral in 6 patients, which coincided with the side of a urological upper urinary tract disorder. In contract, bilateral microscopic hematuria was confirmed in 8 patients with glomerular disorders. CONCLUSION: The diagnostic process in patients with microscopic hematuria remains unsolved for urologists and nephrologists. This technique may provide a new approach in diagnosing microscopic hematuria.

Adult↗

[Voice-directed robotic cystoscopy].

OBJECTIVE: In line with our previous studies in the field of robotics, a new application of our robotic arm is presented: voice-directed cystoscopy. METHODS: Cystoscopy was performed in a sow using a voice-directed robotic arm to which a cystoscope had been attached. The computer executes all the processes that enable interaction with the surgeon and communication with the robotic system. The surgeon directs the movements of the cystoscope by voice, using instructions easily recognizable by the voice identifier. RESULTS/CONCLUSIONS: This system is easy to operate and carries out the commands given by the surgeon with great precision and safety.

Computers↗

Role of ultrasonography and urinary cytology in diagnosing recurrence of superficial urinary bladder cancer compared to cystoscopy.

Urinary cytology, ultrasonogram of the urinary bladder and cystoscopy were done in 99 cases of urinary bladder cancer patients in the department of urology of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH), Dhaka, during the period from January 1997 to December 1998. Pre transurethral resection of bladder tumour (TURBT), urinary cytology was positive in 20.20% cases and ultrasound scan was positive in 96.9% cases. Histopathological examination revealed 95.96% as transitional cell carcinoma:- Grade I (3.0%), Grade II (62.6%) and Grade III (34.4%). During follow-up urinary cytology was positive in only one case whereas ultrasound scan was positive in 53.5% cases of whom only 21.6% patients had actual recurrent bladder tumours proved by cystoscopy. Statistical analysis of the three tests and histopathology showed significant variation though by Chi-square test the ultrasound scan is found superior to urinary cytology. We conclude when ultrasonography of the urinary bladder shows any suspected lesion it should be examined by cystoscope and biopsy should be taken from the suspected area for confirmation. Neither urinary cytology nor ultrasound scan can replace cystoscopic examination.

Adult↗

[Inflammatory pseudotumor of the urinary bladder diagnosed using 3D-CT cystoscopy].

Inflammatory pseudotumor of the urinary bladder is a rare benign entity of the submucosal stroma that can easily be mistaken for a malignant neoplasm both clinically and histologically. We report a case of an inflammatory pseudotumor of the urinary bladder in which 3D-CT cystoscopy aided in the diagnosis. A 38-year-old man presented with persistent miction pain, penile pain, and dysuria despite symptomatic treatment at another hospital. Cystoscopic examination, MRI and 3D-CT cystoscopy revealed a 3.0 X 3.0 cm wide-based nonpapillary tumor located at the anterior dome of the urinary bladder. Transabdominal biopsy and transurethral resection were performed and the tumor was suspected to be transitional cell carcinoma. A partial cystectomy and urachus excision were then performed for suspected urachal tumor based upon the radiological examinations. Careful examination of the specimen revealed an inflammatory pseudotumor. We discuss 20 cases of inflammatory pseudotumor of the urinary bladder including ours.

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