Cystoscopy - Indications and Complications

Indications for Cystoscopy

 * 1) As a routine procedure after Burch retropubic urethropexy, abdominal or vaginal paravaginal repair, uterosacral colpopexy, or culdoplasty
 * 2) To check for suspected/possible ureter injury (obstruction, interruption)
 * 3) To check for bladder injury (cystotomy, sutures in bladder, erosion of mesh)
 * 4) To verify suprapubic catheter placement
 * 5) To place ureteral stents
 * 6) To stage gyn malignancy
 * 7) To evaluate a vesicovaginal fistula
 * 8) To evaluate hematuria if infection or stones have been ruled out

Complications of Cystoscopy

 * 1) minor urethral pain
 * 2) postoperative urinary tract infection
 * 3) urethra, bladder or ureteral injury/perforation
 * 4) risk of missing pathology

Prevention of Cystoscopy Complications

 * 1) minor urethral pain
 * 2) postoperative urinary tract infection
 * 3) urethra, bladder or ureteral injury/perforation
 * 4) risk of missing pathology