SUPRAPUBIC CYSTOSCOPY

The use of suprapubic cystoscopy in perineal urethroplasty.

OBJECTIVE Posterior urethral strictures are difficult cases to treat for urologists. Anastomotic open urethroplasty is the major surgical treatment option, and various modifications/manipulations to the procedure have been recommended in the literature. We aimed to assess the advantages of performing antegrade endoscopy through the suprapubic cystostomy tract during perineal urethroplasty. MA...

Suprapubic Prostatectomy

Suprapubic Lithotomy

To the Editor of " The Indian Mkdical Gazette." Sir,?In accordance with the wishes of the late DirectorGeneral, Indian Medical Service, 1 trust you will publish the following statement of five cases oi supra-pubic lithotomy in children. In all <12 cases of stone have been operated on here during the past year, and the l>irge ProPortion of supra-pubic operations was due to difficulties met with ...

Spreading sepsis by cystoscopy.

A healthy 54 year old man was investigated for haematuria. In spite of a proven urinary tract infection a cystoscopy was carried out with no antibiotic therapy. As a result he developed systemic infection leading to two independent, and potentially fatal, complications: vertebral osteomyelitis and a mycotic false aneurysm.

Cystoscopy and Ureteral Catheterization

During the last few years I have had several opportunities of testing the value of cystoscopy in both sexes, and of cathe-terization of the ureters in the female. The manipulations are often somewhat delicate and require considerable patience; but once the preliminary difficulties are surmounted, diagnoses may be arrived at which would be otherwise impossible. A reference to the table at the en...