Blue Light Laser Treatment For Prostate

When the laser is activated the laser energy generates heat that ablates destroys the tumor.

Blue light laser treatment for prostate.

It is performed under anesthesia by placing a telescope into the urethra up to the level of. Lasers use concentrated light to generate precise and intense heat. Photoselective vaporization of the prostate pvp a laser is used to melt away vaporize excess prostate tissue and enlarge the urinary channel. Greenlight laser treatment of bph.

I am now urinating perfectly again but now find that i am unable to ejaculate. There are several different types of prostate laser surgery including. Mri focal laser ablation fla or blue light laser is a novel highly experimental minimally invasive focal prostate cancer treatment that uses mri guidance to place a laser fiber through the rectum precisely into a targeted prostate cancer tumor. The results of a phase iii clinical trial suggest that light therapy may be an effective nonsurgical therapy for men with low risk prostate cancer after finding that almost half of study.

Greenlight laser pvp is usually performed under a general anaesthetic and involves a sheath and telescope being passed down the water pipe to the prostate. Greenlight laser treatment is a therapy that evaporates prostatic tissue which is blocking the outlet of the bladder. In august i had surgery to have my enlarged prostate made smaller by laser treatment.