The doctor inserts a cystoscope into your urethra during a cystoscopy. A cystoscope is a long, thin instrument. One end has a small lens and light, the middle has a tube, and the other has an ...

A cystoscopy is a procedure that involves inserting ... In most cystoscopies that take place in a urologist’s office, the person only receives a local anesthetic. The doctor applies an ...

Cystoscopy and ureteroscopy are diagnostic or therapeutic procedures, usually performed by urologists, or doctors who specialize in diseases of the urinary tract. These procedures use endoscopes ...

Figure 1: A stricture or scar that narrows the urethra and causes blockage of urinary flow (view through a scope in the urethra passed via the penis; also called cystoscopy ... small strictures with a ...