The procedure uses the technology of high powered laser light combined with fiber optics to vaporize the overgrowth of.
Green light laser prostate surgery vs turp.
Procedures to treat an enlarged prostate generally require use of a tube catheter to drain urine from the bladder after surgery.
With minimal bleeding laser prostate surgery is a much safer option particularly in the very elderly.
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.
Took a while to re train the urinary sphincter control.
The greenlight procedure is a type of laser surgery that may offer a less invasive alternative to turp.
Before surgery it was very productive age 65.
In contrast to turp thulium laser prostatectomy has an excellent safety record because the laser energy seals off the blood vessels in the prostate as it cuts.
Greenlight is being used as an alternative to a turp and has been shown to be its equal in terms of effectiveness in.
Completed green light laser surgery around dec 18 2017.
Within moments the temperature of the blood becomes so great it causes the nearby cells to vaporize.
A new and promising laser procedure greenlight laser pvp photoselective vaporization of the prostates has been demonstrated to remove prostate gland overgrowths using pulses of light with nearly no bleeding less catheterization and a greatly reduced recovery time.
This surgery is done under general anesthesia using a laser to remove excess prostate tissue which is compressing the urethra.
Green light laser green light procedure another minimally invasive surgical option used with great success by dr.
Recovery from laser surgery generally takes less time than recovery from turp or open surgery.
Saw very positive results.
In addition it takes a shorter period of time about 60 minutes to remove more tissue with button turp over green light laser.
However data regarding the long term outcomes of this laser therapy are limited.
Green light laser surgery for prostate is one of the newest minimally invasive treatment options for benign prostatic hyperplasia.
Less need for a catheter.
With this procedure high intensity pulses of light are passed through a fiber inserted into the urethra to vaporize enlarged prostate tissue.
Bellman to treat bph or enlarged prostate is the green light laser procedure.
The doctor told me to wait 2 weeks for sex after catheter was removed.
Around dec 25 the process started to heal.