Types of Prostate Surgeries and Need for Prostate Surgery

In laser prostate surgery, a concentrated light is used to generate intense and precise heat. This heat is then directed at the point of surgery. The laser use removes the excess prostate tissues by melting or cutting the excess prostate tissue.

A laser surgery can be divided into following types –

In Photo selective vaporization of prostate tissue surgery, the laser is used to melt or vaporize the surplus part of the prostate tissue. After this surgery the urinary channel gets enlarged. In another surgery known as Holmium laser ablation of the prostate, which is like photo selective surgery, but here another type of laser is used to melt the extra prostate tissue.

In Holmium laser enucleation of the prostate (HoLEP) surgery method, a laser is used to cut and remove the excess prostate tissue, blocking the urethra. Then, the prostate tissue is cut into smaller pieces by an instrument called morcellator. These smaller tissues are then easily removed. The type of prostate surgery, which will be selected, will depend on several factors including the age of patient, size of prostate, health of the patient and laser surgery available with the hospital.

Need for prostate surgery –

Prostate surgery is performed to reduce the urinary symptoms caused by BPH. These symptoms are – urgent and frequent need to urinate, difficulty in urination, slow urination, increase in frequency of urination at night, irregular urination, inability to completely empty the bladder and some infection in urinary track. With the help of laser surgery, the complications, which occur, due to blocked urine flow, are also removed. These complications range from kidney bladder damage to recurring urinary tract infection, and inability to control urination. In addition to these, the bladder stones and blood is urine is also treated with the laser prostate surgery.

Laser prostate surgery has several methods over the other methods. With lasers the surgery is done with low bleeding risk. This is helpful to the patient, who takes medication to thin the blood. For patients with bleeding disorder, the use of laser prostate surgery will be the only option available. Because the bleeding disorder will not allow cutting of the surgery area in normal way .Another benefit is that, laser surgery takes only few hours and patient just has to stay in hospital for few hours or less than 24 hours. The recovery from laser surgery is also quick compare to other methods. After consulting urology doctor in Delhi NCR a patient will come to know the need for catheter , which is used to drain the urine from bladder after surgery .catheter is used often in enlarged prostates ,so the consolations with urologist for laser prostate surgery is important in this regard .  Unlike other methods, which involve use of medications, the results from laser prostate surgery are effective and quick.