Medical Terminology Simplified

8–123 The resect/o/scope (special type of endoscope) contains a light, valves for

controlling irrigating fluid, and an electrical loop that cuts tissue and seals blood ves-

sels. The wire loop is used to remove obstructing tissue piece-by-piece through the re-

sectoscope. The chips of tissue are irrigated into the bladder and then flushed out at

the end of the surgical procedure.

The endo/scop/ic instrument used by the urologist to perform TURP is called a

____________________ / _____ / ____________________.

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360 CHAPTER 8• Reproductive Systems

Prostate gland

Urethra

Bladder

Normal prostate Enlarged prostate (BPH)

Testis

Urinary

bladder

Benign prostatic

hyperplasia

Resectoscope

in urethra

Rectum

Figure 8-11Benign prostatic

hyperplasia.

Figure 8-12Transurethral resection

of the prostate.

resect/o/scope

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