The patient is scheduled for a cystogram via a cystoscope. Which is the best explanation of this procedure by the nurse?
a. "Your doctor will insert a lighted tube into the bladder through your urethra, inspect the bladder, and instill a dye that will outline your bladder on x-ray film."
b. "Your doctor will inject a dye into a vein in your arm that is carried to the urinary system. Then a lighted tube in your bladder is used to see when the dye appears."
c. "Your doctor will insert a lighted tube into the bladder and inject a dye into your kidneys through little catheters inserted into the ureters."
d. "Your doctor will place a catheter into an artery in your groin and inject a dye that will visualize the blood supply to the kidneys."
A
Cystoscopy is a visual examination to inspect, treat, or diagnose disorders of the urinary bladder and proximal structures.
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