1. Procedures
Ch 9 Urinary System

2. Diagnostic Procedures
Catheterization
The insertion of a sterile catheter through the urethra and into the urinary bladder
Most commonly performed to withdraw urine, relieve urinary retention pressures, or prevent incontinence during surgical procedures
May also be used to place fluid, such as a chemotherapy solution, into the bladder

3. Diagnostic Procedures
Cystoscopy – also known as cysto
Visual examination of the urinary bladder using a cystoscope

4. Diagnostic Procedures
Intravenous pyelogram
KUB (kidneys, ureters, bladder) is a radiographic study of these structures without the use of a contrast medium. Also referred to as a flat-plate of the abdomen
Intravenous urography
Excretory urography
Retrograde urography

5. Diagnostic Procedures
Cystography
Voiding cystourethrography
Urinalysis
Used to test for
Blood
Protein
Sugars
Drugs
Toxins

6. Treatment Procedures Medications Diuretics
Medications administered to increase urine secretion to rid the body of excess sodium and water

7. Treatment Procedures
Dialysis – a procedure to remove waste products from the blood of patients whose kidneys no longer function.
Two types of dialysis
Hemodialysis – blood is filtered directly through a machine
Peritoneal dialysis – the lining of the peritoneal cavity acts as the filter to remove waste from the blood

8. Treatment Procedures Kidneys Kidney transplant Nephrolysis Nephrostomy
Pyeloplasty
Pyelotomy
Nephropexy
The surgical fixation of a floating kidney

9. Treatment Procedures Kidneys cont. Removal of kidney stones
Lithotripsy
The destruction of a kidney stone with the use of ultrasonic waves traveling through water
Also known as extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy or ESWL
Nephrolithotomy
Surgical removal of a kidney stone through an incision in the kidney

10. Treatment Procedures
Ureters
Ureterectomy
Ureteroplasty
Ureterorrhaphy

11. Treatment Procedures Urinary Bladder Cystectomy Cystopexy
Surgical fixation of the bladder to the abdominal wall
Cystorrhaphy
Lithotomy
Suprapubic catheter

12. Treatment Procedures Urethra Meatotomy Urethropexy Urethroplasy
Surgical repair of the urethra
Urethrostomy
Urethrotomy