Clinical application of flexible cystoscopy / 解放军医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To summarize the experiences on clinical application of flexible cystoscopy,and evaluate the significance of applying flexible cystoscopy in urologists' daily practice.Methods A total of 379 patients underwent examination with flexible cystoscopy,of them 74 patients were with the aim of therapy or related operation.The operation time was counted and the patients' discomfortableness was recorded according to a visual analog scale(VAS).What's more,a satisfaction questionnaire was made by no doctor presenting to check the patients' response to cystoscopy operation.36 male patients were undergone both rigid and flexible cystoscopy operation.The statistical significance of the differences was analyzed after reading the VAS scores and the results of questionnaires were evaluated.Results 223 patients were found to have relative diseases by the examination of flexible cystoscopy.The mean operation time in using flexible cystoscopy was 7.8?0.27 minutes.The median pain scores of male and female patients were 2.9 and 1.3,respectively.The maximum pain was felt by male patients when the cystoscopy went through the membran of urethra.Satisfactory rate in male patients was 99%,and it was 100% when evaluating the questionnaires answered by female patients.For the 36 male patients undergone both rigid and flexible cystoscopy operation,the median pain score was 2.1(0.5-4.5) for flexible cystoscopy,and was 5.7(1.0-10.0) for rigid cystoscopy.After flexible cystoscopy examination,all the 36 patients were satisfied by the operation.However,only 61.1%(22/36) patients were satisfied by the rigid cystoscopy operation.Statistical analysis showed significant difference(P