The main purposes of bladder irrigation after bladder stone surgery are to prevent infection, clean the bladder and prevent the production of blood clots.
1. Preventing infection: Patients after bladder stone surgery usually need to keep a urinary catheter, proper bladder irrigation can prevent infection and keep the urine flowing.
2. Clean the bladder: after bladder stone surgery, there may be stone debris left in the bladder, through bladder irrigation can help stone debris discharge, to achieve the purpose of cleaning the bladder.
3. Prevent blood clots: For patients after bladder stone surgery, bladder flushing can prevent the production of blood clots, but also help the blood clots that have been produced to be discharged.
Bladder irrigation is a common urological treatment, which needs to be operated by a healthcare professional, and patients should inform the healthcare professional in time if there is any discomfort.