The high pulsed laser removes the tissue causing the blockage and coagulates blood vessels minimising bleeding.
Green light laser prostate surgery.
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Green light laser surgery for prostate is an effective procedure for treating this condition.
Transurethral resection of the prostate.
Enlarged prostate surgery or turp has been the traditional form of treatment.
Green light laser surgery for the prostate refers to photoselective vaporization of the prostate using a green light laser also known as ktp laser it is used in the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia or more commonly known as enlargement of the prostate gland.
As with all prostate surgery sexual side effects may include retrograde ejaculation and in rare instances erectile dysfunction impotence.
Green light laser surgery also called prostate laser surgery is used to vaporize prostate tissue that blocks urine from exiting the bladder.
Lasers use concentrated light to generate precise and intense heat.
The green light laser beam is used to vaporize the obstructing inner part of the prostate gland itself that is causing the urinary symptoms that are reducing the quality of life of the patient.
The green light laser is a surgical prostate removal tool used by.
Clinical studies have shown that greenlight laser therapy provides comparable symptom relief to the traditional surgery turp with fewer complications 1 how is greenlight different than turp i e surgery.
Green light laser treatment is a minimally invasive therapy that evaporates prostate tissue which is blocking the flow of.
The green light laser technique uses high powered energy beams delivered through a thin laser fiber which safely and precisely vaporizes surface tissue at the enlarged prostate which had blocked the normal flow of urine.
Green light laser surgery for prostate is one of the newest minimally invasive treatment options for benign prostatic hyperplasia.
The aim of either treatment is to free up the passage for the flow of urine from the bladder.
Before this time enlargement of the prostate was treated either with medication or for the more serious cases transurethral resection of prostate.
Photoselective vaporization of the prostate pvp a laser is used to melt away vaporize excess prostate tissue and enlarge the urinary channel.
Patients may experience problems holding urine incontinence which may be.