Green Laser Prostate

Greenlight laser treatment is a therapy that evaporates prostatic tissue which is blocking the outlet of the bladder.

Green laser prostate.

Greenlight laser prostatectomy or photo selective vaporisation of the prostate pvp is a relatively new procedure for the treatment of urinary blockage caused by non cancerous enlargement of the prostate otherwise known as benign prostatic hyperplasia. It is performed under anesthesia by placing a telescope into the urethra up to the level 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. Prostate laser surgery is used to relieve moderate to severe urinary symptoms caused by an enlarged prostate a condition known as benign prostatic hyperplasia bph during prostate laser surgery your doctor inserts a scope through the tip of your penis into the tube that carries urine from your bladder urethra.

The greenlight laser is used in the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia bph commonly known as enlargement of the prostate. 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. 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.