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Cystoscopy With Attempted Stent and Fluff Removal

Published on Wed Jul 17, 2019

Question: The urologist performed cystoscopy to diagnose bladder cancer and right hydronephrosis. Some unresected anterior dome bladder wall tumor papillary could not be completely resected. He also was unable to locate the right ureteral orifice to place a stent for the right hydroureteronephrosis. No dye came out of the right ureteral orifice. The area was already thin from a prior [...]
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