What is Ureteroscopy?

Ureteroscopy is a method used to check whether the renal pelvis, ureter, bladder, and urethra are normal. A ureteroscope is a tubular instrument that enters the ureter from the urethra through the bladder. The front end has a mirror surface that can transmit the image to the other end through reflection or light machine. The ureter structure and lesion can be observed through the endoscope window. The corresponding symptoms can be judged through the above experiments.

Name: Ureteroscopy

category: Special inspection

Normal ureteroscopy

The ureteroscope was normal, the ureter was narrow, injured, and lithotripsy.

Clinical significance of ureteroscopy

Abnormal results: ureteroscopy showed ureteral strictures, injuries, and more lithotripsy. People to be examined: unexplained hematuria, unexplained ureteral obstruction, ureteral foreign body, ureteral polyp, ureteric lithotripsy lithotripsy, ureteral stone street, bladder stone, urethral stone.

Precautions for ureteroscopy

Unsuitable crowd: Generally there is no unsuitable crowd. Contraindications before inspection: Food and water must be banned after 12:00 the night before the inspection. Glycerin enema is given to enema at night to clean the intestines. Requirements during the inspection: Intravenous injections and preventive antibiotics were given as prescribed by the doctor on the morning of the inspection. Please change the surgical gown and remove the dentures, watches, and accessories, and wait for the notice to go to the operating room.

Ureteroscopy

After anesthesia, put the ureteroscope through the urethra for examination and treatment. If there is a tumor in the ureter or pelvis, you can take a biopsy sample and scrape it out and burn it. If the ureter is narrow, damaged, and lithotripsy, A double J-shaped tube is placed in the ureter to keep the ureter unobstructed. The double-J-shaped tube will be removed after the condition is improved.