Advanced Ultrasound & CT Scan

Advanced Ultrasound

Advanced 3D ultrasound is an effective diagnostic tool for evaluating urological disorders. Your doctor may recommend an ultrasound examination of the kidney, ureter, and bladder region to screen for various urinary tract issues such as infections, stones, and tumors. While this technique provides detailed images, ureteric stones can sometimes be difficult to visualize clearly due to interference from intestinal gas. To enhance the examination, you will be asked to drink water beforehand to ensure your bladder is full, improving image quality. Unlike some other ultrasounds, you do not need to fast or have an empty stomach before a kidney, ureter, and bladder (KUB) ultrasound, making it a convenient and non-invasive test.

Advanced CT Scan

Advanced CT Scan Facility for Urological Disorders

It is part of advanced evaluation based on initial findings of Ultrasound. The doctor may ask for Plain or a Contrast CT scan depending upon indication. It is a very good modality for the detection of stones in the urinary tract. apart from the measurement of exact location and size it also informs about the hardness of stone which is important for deciding treatment modality. It also gives anatomical details to inform about the condition of kidney Ureter & bladder.

Contrast CT scan is needed in cases of suspected anatomical abnormality or the presence of infection or Tumor. You will be asked to check for Kidney function before contrast scan as a normal Kidney function is a prerequisite before accepting a patient for Contrast imaging.

Advanced CT Scan

A Very effective tool to see what CT & Ultrasound can miss. We have Facility of Flexible cystoscopy with is painless and comfortable. A cystoscopy is an examination of the internal surfaces of bladder and urethra. A cystoscope is a long thin instrument with an eyepiece on one end and a lens and light on the other end. The doctor inserts the cystoscope into the patient’s urethra and the small lens magnifies the inner lining of the urethra and bladder, allowing the doctor to see inside the bladder.

A doctor may perform a cystoscopy to find the cause of many urinary conditions, including:

1- Frequent urinary tract infections

2- blood in the urine called haematuria

3- Frequent and the urgent need to urinate

4- Unusual cells found in a urine sample

5- painful urination/ chronic pelvic pain, or interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome

6- The urinary blockage caused by prostatic enlargement or some other abnormal narrowing of the urinary tract

7- stone in the urinary tract

8- unusual growth such as a tumour in the urinary tract

People scheduled for a cystoscopy should ask their doctor about any special instructions.

Procedure

The doctor gently inserts the tip of the cystoscope into the urethra and slowly glides it up into the bladder. A sterile liquid flows through a channel in the scope to slowly fill the bladder and stretch it so the doctor has a better view of the bladder wall.

As the bladder is filled with liquid, patients can feel some discomfort or pressure and the urge to urinate if the procedure is performed under local anaesthesia. The doctor may then release some of the fluid, or the patient may empty the bladder as soon as the examination is over.