Midurethral sling · Recognition · D96

The trocar in the bladder

Allow about two minutes for two rounds. This scenario is teaching content; the score supports revision and does not assess clinical competence.

Midurethral slingRecognition · Core

The scenario

  • Retropubic midurethral sling.
  • The trocar has been passed on the right.
  • Cystoscopy is performed before it is withdrawn.
What you see
  • A bulge of the bladder wall at about one o'clock, with the tip of the trocar visible through the mucosa.
Midurethral sling: the retropubic trocar path beside the bladder
Midurethral sling: the retropubic trocar path beside the bladder
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Teaching only · not for diagnosis or treatment decisions