Green Light Laser Surgery

Green light laser surgery also called prostate laser surgery is used to vaporize prostate tissue that blocks urine from exiting the bladder.

Green light laser surgery.

Transurethral resection of the prostate. Lasers use concentrated light to generate precise and intense heat. The green light laser is a surgical prostate removal tool used by. Photoselective vaporization of the prostate pvp a laser is used to melt away vaporize excess prostate tissue and enlarge the urinary channel.

The procedure uses a laser to perform photoselective vaporization of the prostate pvp. A surgeon places a laser through the cystoscope to burn away excess tissue blocking urine flow through the prostate. Enlarged prostate surgery or turp has been the traditional form of treatment. 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 high pulsed laser removes the tissue causing the blockage and coagulates blood vessels minimising bleeding. 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 enlargement technically called benign prostatic hyperplasia bph or benign prostatic hypertrophy is the main cause of frequent urination in men. Laser pvp surgery is a minimally invasive treatment for an enlarged prostate.

The patient is first given general or spinal anesthesia. It is performed under anesthesia by placing a telescope into the urethra up to the level of. 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. There are several different types of prostate laser surgery including.

Green light laser surgery for prostate is one of the newest minimally invasive treatment options for benign prostatic hyperplasia. Green light laser treatment is a minimally invasive therapy that evaporates prostate tissue which is blocking the flow of. 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. During laser pvp surgery a tube with an imaging system cystoscope is inserted into the penis.

The doctor then passes the thin laser fiber through the passage called urethra into the prostate using cytoscope cytoscope is a camera that allows doctor to examine bladder and prostate and delivers bursts of energy. Greenlight laser treatment is a therapy that evaporates prostatic tissue which is blocking the outlet of the bladder.