Browsing by Subject "Cystoscopy"

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    Evaluation of pain caused by urethrocystoscopy in patients with superficial bladder cancer: A perspective of quality of life
    (2005) Müezzinoǧlu T.; Ceylan Y.; Temeltaş G.; Lekili M.; Büyüksu C.
    Aim: The aim of this study is to evaluate patients' tolerance to pain caused by urethrocystoscopy (UCS) in both diagnosis and the period of follow-up in patients with superficial bladder cancer, and to evaluate these results with respect to quality of life. Patients and Methods: Between March 2003 and October 2004, 66 patients with bladder cancer or hematuria underwent UCS and recorded their overall pain level. Results: The mean age was 60.4 (range 26-83) years. UCS was done only one time in 22 patients for the diagnosis of etiology of hematuria and was done 4 times in 44 patients every 3 months for bladder cancer follow-up. The mean pain scores on first, second, third, and fourth UCS were 4.3±2.2, 4.7±2.5, 4.68±2.45, and 5.1±2.5, respectively. Statistically significant differences were found among mean pain scores of patients on first, third, and forth cystoscopic examinations (p < 0.05). No correlation was found between age and pain scores in this study group (p > 0.05). Conclusion: UCS is a painful surgical procedure and pain tolerance was not observed on repeated UCS. Therefore urologists need to use more effective anesthetic methods to provide better patients' tolerance to pain and quality of life during the endoscopic procedure. © 2005 S. Karger GmbH.
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    Kidney stone and urinary bladder telangiectasia in a patient with TAR syndrome
    (2008) Akil I.; Gözmen S.; Yilmaz Ö.; Taneli C.
    TAR syndrome is a congenital malformation syndrome characterized by bilateral absence of the radius and thrombocytopenia. The known urinary anomalies are duplex ureter, dilatation of renal pelvis, horseshoe kidney and functional problems like vesicoureteral reflux and pyelonephritis. In this report of a case with TAR syndrome, a kidney stone and bladder telangiectasia were found coincidentally during the investigation of hematuria. TAR syndrome is discussed in the light of the medical literature. To our knowledge, no case has been reported demonstrating nephrolithiasis and bladder telangiectasia in TAR patients.
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    Comparison of pain, quality of life, lower urinary tract symptoms and sexual function between flexible and rigid cystoscopy in follow-up male patients with non muscle invasive bladder cancer: A randomized controlled cross section single blind study
    (John Wiley and Sons Inc, 2021) Ucer O.; Temeltas G.; Gumus B.; Muezzinoglu T.
    Objectives: To compare pain, quality of life (QoL), sexual function and lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) between rigid (RC) and flexible cystoscopy (FC). Methods: Forty-one patients who were planned control cystoscopies were enrolled the study. At the first cystoscopy, 20 patients (Group 1) and other 21 patients (Group 2) were performed by flexible (15.5 Fr) and rigid cystoscope (15.5 Fr), respectively. At the second cystoscopies, the patients in group 1 and group 2 were performed by rigid and flexible cystosacope, respectively. In all the patients, pain was measured with visual pain scale (VPS) shortly after cystoscopy. Also, SF, QoL and LUTS were assessed by IIEF, SF-36 and MLUTS forms, respectively. Results: While 22 of the patients preferred FC, the other 19 preferred RC (P > 0.05). There were no statistical differences between VPS, IIEF, SF-36 and MLUTS scores of the two groups. In multivariate analysis regarding the quality of life, although sexual function, pain and cystoscopy type did not affect QoL, voiding symptoms affected independently QoL. After both cystoscopy type, IIEF, SF-36 and MLUTS scores did not change statistically. Conclusion: The results showed that the effects on pain, sexual function, QoL and LUTS of RC and FC were similar. In general, cystoscopy did not affect negatively on QoL, sexual function and LUTS of the patients. © 2020 John Wiley & Sons Ltd