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Bladder Procedures Share Bladder Procedures Click here if you wish to send us feedback PLEASE NOTE: for some procedures, especially those that involve open (cutting) surgery, your surgeon may discuss shaving of the surgical site with you Bladder instillations Instillation of anti-cancer drugs into the bladder for chemotherapy PDF Webpage Instillation of BCG into the bladder for immunotherapy PDF Webpage Instillations for painful bladder conditions PDF Webpage Catheter-related procedures Catheter valves PDF Webpage Management of a urethral catheter PDF Webpage Permanent suprapubic catheter (in men) PDF Webpage Permanent suprapubic catheter (in women) PDF Webpage Self-catheterisation in men PDF Webpage Self-catheterisation in women PDF Webpage Trial without catheter (TWOC) PDF Webpage Urodynamics (pressure tests on the bladder) PDF Webpage Cystoscopy (inspection of your bladder) Flexible cystoscopy ± biopsy or stent removal PDF Webpage Rigid cystoscopy ± biopsy or stent removal PDF Webpage Cystoscopy with other procedures Bladder stone crushing (endoscopic litholapaxy) PDF Webpage Bladder tumour resection PDF Webpage Bladder washout for blood clots PDF Webpage Botulinum toxin-A (Botox®) injections into the bladder wall PDF Webpage Cystoscopy & retrograde studies PDF Webpage Hydrodistension (stretching) of the bladder PDF Webpage Stretching of the bladder neck (dilatation) in women PDF Webpage Urinary incontinence procedures Autologous sling procedure for stress urinary incontinence in women PDF Webpage Colposuspension for stress urinary incontinence (SUI) PDF Webpage Enlargement of the bladder with a piece of bowel (enterocystoplasty) PDF Webpage Pelvic floor exercises (in men) PDF Webpage Pelvic floor exercises (in women) PDF Webpage Removal of a retropubic mesh sling PDF Webpage Removal of a transobturator (TVT) mesh tape or single-incision mini-sling PDF Webpage Sacral nerve stimulation (neuromodulation) PDF Webpage Synthetic mesh tape insertion (in men) PDF Webpage Synthetic mesh tape insertion (in women) Webpage Synthetic sling procedure safety advice (external MHRA website) Treating complications from mesh used for pelvic prolapse - 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