The University of Washington in Seattle is using a blue light cystoscopy that makes tumors glow a bright pink color, allowing surgeons to better identify non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer. “Seventy ...

Decades ago, blue lights helped shoppers scope out sales. Today they’re helping urologists scope out cells – specifically those of non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer. UW Medicine urologists with ...

A cystoscopy is a procedure that involves inserting a tool into the urethra and up into the bladder to examine these organs. The tool is a cystoscope — a thin, flexible instrument with a light and a ...

Blue light cystoscopy reduces bladder cancer recurrence risk by 38% compared to white light cystoscopy, as shown in the BRAVO study. The BRAVO study used real-world data from 626 veterans, confirming ...

PROVIDENCE — Martin Israelit recently visited The Miriam Hospital. He's being monitored after being diagnosed with bladder cancer. His symptoms began about two years ago. "Those symptoms were blood in ...

There are many risk factors for catheter-associated urinary tract infections, including the ward in which the catheter insertion takes place, according to a study published in the American Journal of ...

PARIS—Antibiotic prophylaxis and risk-based stratification are unnecessary for most patients undergoing outpatient flexible cystoscopy, researchers reported at the 27 th Annual Congress of the ...

A discussion on whether anaesthetic gel is required during catheterisation A. Urethral catheterisation is a common nursing procedure with up to 13% of hospitalised and 4% of community adult patients ...