Types of laser prostate surgeries and their advantages

Prostate laser surgery is used to get relief from moderate to severe urology problems caused by an enlarged prostate. In this surgery, the surgeon inserts a scope through the tip of the penis. This scope is inserted into the tube that carries urine from the bladder. The scope is used to pass the laser. The laser passes energy which reduces or shrinks the prostate that is blocking or causing difficulty in passage of urine. The intense heat generated by the laser does the job of removing tissue surrounding urethra.

The prostate laser surgeries are of different types. Their difference depends on the use of laser for melting or reducing prostate tissues. In photo selective laser surgery, the use of laser is done to melt away the enlarged prostate tissue. This melting improves the urinary channel function of passing the urine.  In other surgery called, holmium laser ablation, different type of laser is used to melt the excessive tissue of prostate.  In other surgery, the job of the laser is to cut the enlarged tissue of prostate. Then an instrument known as, morcellator is used to make smaller pieces of the prostate tissue for easy removal.

The selection of any one of the laser surgery will depend on the size of the enlarged prostate tissue and health of the patient. It would also depend to great extent on the facilities available in the hospital and the experience and training of the urologist.

Laser surgery has Urologist for Laser Prostate Surgery many advantages over other procedures used in treatment of prostate enlargement. The first is low bleeding issues with laser surgery. The laser surgery does not involve any cut, which reduces the risk of bleeding completely. This is the best surgery option for those who take medication to thin the blood or have complication of blood not forming clot to stop bleeding.

The patient does not have to stay in the hospital for longer durations. Laser surgery is done on outpatient basis. Other surgeries may require stay of several days in hospital.  The recovery time is also very short compare to other non laser surgeries. The need for catheter is only for less than 24 hours. This device is needed to drain the urine from bladder after surgery. In other non laser surgeries, it may require to keep catheter for several days. The improvement in urine flow can be very fast in the laser surgery Urology consultant in Delhi treatment of prostate tissue. The improvement with medications may take months.

However, there may be some temporally risks.  For urination, the catheter may be kept for easy discharge of urine. Some kind of infection may come in the urine track, but these can be cured with medication. The risk of erection problem of penis is less in laser surgery than in other surgeries. And the chances of retro ejaculation may occur, that is the semen going back to bladder rather than going out from penis, but it has no impact on the sexual pleasure.