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Settle This Cystourethroscopy Debate With Ease

Published on Wed Jun 16, 2021

Question: My urologist prepped and draped the patient in a normal sterile fashion. He inserted a 26-French resectoscope sheath and pan cystourethroscopy. The patient had 2.5 cm papillary tumor covering the left trigone, left ureteral orifice. Using a loop electrode, my urologist performed a transurethral resection of the bladder tumor and left ureteral orifice down to a normal appearing left [...]
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