A general anaesthetic is rarely required, although a local anaesthetic jelly is usually applied to the area. In some cases, a sedative injection may be given. Learn More Find a Health Professional Search for Health Support Search About the procedure What to expect After the cystoscopy ...
If you are paying for the procedure completely out of pocket, you should expect to pay several hundred dollars for a simple diagnostic procedure and several thousand dollars for a procedure that includes a biopsy or therapeutic treatment. What to Bring You should bring your order form (if provid...
The standard-of-care surveillance procedure typically involves an in-office white light cystoscopy (WLC) during a urology clinic visit. Unfortunately, WLC has limited sensitivity for detecting small and flat lesions, resulting in residual tumors in up to 45% of cases7. The limited sensitivity is ...
Because you are awake, only painless operations can be done during flexible cystoscopy. Often the flexible cystoscope will only be used to look; if something more needs to be done, you will be asked to come back. However, it is possible to take specimens (biopsies) from the lining of the...