Editing Cystoscopy (section)

== Medical uses ==

[[File:Cystoscope-med-20050425.jpg|thumb|A sterile flexible cystoscope in an [[operating theatre]]]]
Cystoscopy may be recommended for any of the following conditions:<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.doctorslounge.com/urology/procedures/cystoscopy.htm | title = Cystoscopy and Ureteroscopy | work = The Doctors Lounge | access-date = 2008-01-29 | archive-date = 2011-07-10 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110710143130/http://www.doctorslounge.com/urology/procedures/cystoscopy.htm | url-status = dead }}</ref>
* [[urinary tract infection]]s;
* [[blood]] in the urine ([[hematuria]]);
* loss of bladder control ([[Urinary incontinence|incontinence]]) or [[overactive bladder]]; (Although, the American Urogynecologic Society does not recommend that cystoscopy, urodynamics, or diagnostic renal and bladder ultrasound are part of initial diagnosis for uncomplicated overactive bladder.)<ref name="AUSFive">{{cite web |author1 = American Urogynecologic Society|author1-link = American Urogynecologic Society |date = May 5, 2015 |title = Five Things Physicians and Patients Should Question |publisher = American Urogynecologic Society |work = [[Choosing Wisely]]: an initiative of the [[ABIM Foundation]] |url = http://www.choosingwisely.org/societies/american-urogynecologic-society/ |access-date = June 1, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Gormley EA, Lightner DJ, Faraday M, Vasavada SP | title = Diagnosis and treatment of overactive bladder (non-neurogenic) in adults: AUA/SUFU guideline amendment | journal = The Journal of Urology | volume = 193 | issue = 5 | pages = 1572–80 | date = May 2015 | pmid = 25623739 | doi = 10.1016/j.juro.2015.01.087 }}</ref>
* unusual cells found in urine sample;
* need for a bladder [[catheter]];
* painful urination, chronic [[pelvic pain]], or [[interstitial cystitis]];
* urinary blockage such as from [[prostate]] enlargement, [[Urethral stricture|stricture]], or narrowing of the urinary tract;
* [[Kidney stone|stone]] in the urinary tract; and
* unusual growth, [[Polyp (medicine)|polyp]], [[tumor]], or [[cancer]].