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Ureteric Stent

November 25, 2022

Managing your Ureteric Stent after surgery

As part of your surgery, you may have had a ureteric stent placed. This is a fine plastic tube which is placed in your ureter, and runs from your kidney to the bladder. There are coils on each end to keep it in place....

Rigid Ureteroscopy and Lasering of Ureteric Stone

November 24, 2022

Ureteroscopy

Ureteroscopy can be performed to treat stones in the ureter (the drainpipe of the kidney), or in the kidney itself. Usually, rigid ureteroscopy is only performed for stones in the ureter. The main reason for this procedure is to remove a stone that continues to cause pa...

Bladder Neck Incision

November 24, 2022

To improve urinary flow

This is a procedure carried out in an effort to improve urinary flow which in turn helps with other symptoms such as urinary frequency, urinary urgency, and getting up at night. It is performed in men with small prostates, as the prostate only needs to be cut to create an e...

TURBT

November 24, 2022

Transurethral Resection of Bladder Tumour

TURBT is performed when a transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) of the bladder is found at flexible cystoscopy or on ultrasound. ...

Flexible Cystoscopy

November 24, 2022

Examine Bladder and Urethra

This is a procedure which allows the urologist to examine your bladder and urethra directly without the need for a general anaesthetic....

Optical Urethrotomy

November 24, 2022

Cut/Incise scar tissue in urethra

This procedure is done to cut or incise scar tissue that has developed in your urethra. This occurs for several reasons:It can result from having a catheter or from a previous procedure involving a telescope down your urethra.It can be a result of pelvic trauma e.g. pel...

Urethroplasty

November 22, 2022

Operation to treat urethral stricture

A urethral stricture is a narrowing of the calibre of the urethra. The stricture is made up of scar tissue. This commonly occurs in the bulbar urethra. It can occur after catheterisation, prostate or bladder surgery, or trauma. Some men have a congenital stricture, which dev...

Urethral Stricture

November 22, 2022

Scar tissue causing obstruction

A urethral stricture is scar tissue causing obstruction to urinary flow. It can be caused by having had a urethral catheter, urethral surgery, or pelvic trauma (such as a pelvic fracture), but often there is no obvious cause. Urethral stricture often results in having t...