A CT scan is better suited for clinical staging ... However, people may need to drink plenty of water before the procedure to fill their bladder, which helps provide better imaging and ...

The bladder scanner is a painless procedure. Ultrasound gel is placed on your lower abdomen and the machine calculates the volume of urine left in your bladder. Ultrasound. This test uses ...

A bladder ultrasound is then performed before and after voiding to indicate the residual volume. At the end of the procedure the scan head is cleaned with an alcohol wipe (Resnick, 1995) and the ...

The MD-6000 Bladder Scanner is used regularly by urologists, primary care physicians (internal medicine/family practice), gynecologists, hospital units, long term/extended care facilities and in ...

A HALF-HOUR scan could help bladder cancer patients be treated almost ... 20 per cent of people ended up not needing the surgical procedure, which involves a tube the width of a finger being ...

The standard test for muscle-invasive bladder cancer involves a surgical procedure performed under anaesthesia, where a thin telescope is inserted through the urethra to check the bladder and ...

Surgery has comparatively less to offer, and effective management is becoming possible largely as an outpatient procedure. Many patients' bladder problems are now being managed in the same clinic ...