What are the dangers of having a ductoscopy?

Everyone knows that women usually have white liquid during breastfeeding, but some women who are not breastfeeding also experience nipple discharge even when squeezing with their hands. If milk discharge does not occur during breastfeeding, you must check it out in time. Ductoscopy is a common method for checking nipple discharge. Ductoscopy is a miniature endoscope. As long as you go to a regular professional large hospital, there will generally be no harm.

A ductoscope is a miniature endoscope that enters the milk duct through the opening. It can visually observe tiny lesions in the lumen of the milk duct from the opening to the distal 6 to 7 centimeters. It has certain auxiliary diagnostic and therapeutic significance for various types of breast diseases. Some patients may experience milk duct rupture or local infection due to improper operation or poor care after the examination. Attention should be paid to the operation techniques during the examination, and bathing is prohibited that night after the examination. Currently, no studies have shown that ductoscopy has a causative effect on breast hyperplasia or other breast diseases.

What should I pay attention to before ductoscopy? 1) Blood tests including routine blood test, blood coagulation test and infectious disease test are required. 2) Do not squeeze your nipples excessively. 3) You can eat on the day of surgery. Notes after the examination: 1) There is generally no obvious pain during the examination and after the treatment. 2) You can take a shower after the examination, but do not squeeze or clean the nipples too hard. 3) Avoid breast stimulation for three days after surgery.

1. Under normal circumstances, it is a non-invasive examination surgery; 2. It can be examined under direct vision and can be used as a basis for clinical diagnosis, clarifying the surgical indications for breast disease patients with nipple discharge but no palpable lumps, and exempting patients with only symptoms such as duct dilatation from surgery; at the same time, it provides a reliable basis for the early diagnosis of breast cancer; 3. It provides three-dimensional surgical positioning, clarifies the site and scope of the operation, improves the accuracy and success rate of the operation, and reduces the scope of the operation. For example, the distance between the intraductal cancer lesion and the nipple can be correctly determined; 4. With the help of the instrument channel of the ductoscope, some surgical and inspection instruments can directly enter the milk duct cavity. For example, a cell brush can be used to obtain cells from the lesion (no longer by sucking the fluid in the cavity to obtain cell samples) for cytological examination, and instruments (such as a basket) can be used to remove single benign spinous tumors to complete some local surgeries; 5. With the development of clinical medicine, the ductoscope will create favorable conditions for the use of laser technology to directly remove intraductal tumors.