• Urology
• 2024-11-10

Green laser vaporization for the prostate

Why it's done?

Prostate laser surgery helps reduce urinary symptoms caused by BPH, including:

Frequent, urgent need to urinate
Difficulty starting urination
Slow (prolonged) urination
Increased frequency of urination at night
Stopping and starting again while urinating
The feeling you can't completely empty your bladder
Urinary tract infections

Laser surgery might also be done to treat or prevent complications due to blocked urine flow, such as:

Recurring urinary tract infections
Kidney or bladder damage
Inability to control urination or an inability to urinate at all
Bladder stones
Blood in your urine

Laser surgery can offer several advantages over other methods of treating BPH. It can take several weeks to months to see noticeable improvement with medications. 

Improvements in urinary symptoms from laser surgery are noticeable right away. The advantages over traditional surgery, such as transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) and open prostatectomy, can include:

Lower risk of bleeding. 

Laser surgery can be a good option for men who take medication to thin their blood or who have a bleeding disorder that doesn't allow their blood to clot normally.

Shorter or no hospital stay. 

Laser surgery can be done on an outpatient basis or with just an overnight hospital stay.
Quicker recovery. 

Recovery from laser surgery generally takes less time than recovery from TURP or open surgery.

Less need for a catheter. 

Procedures to treat an enlarged prostate generally require use of a tube (catheter) to drain urine from the bladder after surgery. With laser surgery, a catheter is generally needed for less than 24 hours.