| Bladder Cancer Surgery | | | | tumor. |
| Bladder cancer typically begins in the lining of your | | | | An x-ray procedure, called an Intravenous |
| bladder,the balloon-shaped organ in your pelvic | | | | pyelogram (IVP), is used to detect any |
| area that stores urine. Some bladder cancer | | | | abnormalities or growths in the bladder. For the |
| remains confined to the lining, while others cases | | | | IVP x-ray, a special dye containing iodine is given |
| may invade other areas. | | | | to the patient through a needle inserted in the |
| Most bladder cancers are transitional cell | | | | vein. The dye goes in the bladder, making the |
| carcinomas (cancer that begins in cells that | | | | bladder easier to see on the x-rays.... |
| normally make up the inner lining of the bladder). | | | | Bladder cancers are classified, or staged, based on |
| Other types include squamous cell carcinoma | | | | their aggressiveness and how much they differ |
| (cancer that begins in thin, flat cells) and | | | | from the surrounding bladder tissue. There are |
| adenocarcinoma (cancer that begins in cells that | | | | several different ways to stage tumors. Recently, |
| make and release mucus and other fluids)... | | | | the TNM (Tumor, Nodes, Metastasis) staging |
| The TURBT is the most conservative surgery for | | | | system has become common... |
| bladder cancer. Still, it has some side effects | | | | Please log on to : Bladder Cancer Surgery |
| including possible bleeding and infection, perforation | | | | Please log on to : Treatments Surgeries |
| of the bladder, and blocked ureters. | | | | We Care Core Values |
| Transurethral resection generally takes place in | | | | "We have a very simple business model that |
| the hospital with the patient under general | | | | keeps you as the centre." |
| anesthesia. The doctor inserts a cystoscope, a | | | | Having the industry's most elaborate and exclusive |
| small, lit camera, in through the urethra and into | | | | Patient Care and Clinical Coordination teams |
| the bladder. A small tool with a wire loop at the | | | | stationed at each partner hospital, we provide you |
| end is inserted through the cystoscope. A | | | | the smoothest and seamless care ever imagined. |
| high-frequency electric current passes through the | | | | With a ratio of one Patient Care Manager to five |
| wire tool removing and burning cancer cells. This | | | | patients our patient care standards are |
| method is called fulguration. In some situations, | | | | unmatched across the sub continent. |
| fulguration will not be enough to eradicate the | | | | |