Green light laser or Photoselective vaporization of prostate (PVP) is a relatively new treatment for prostate enlargement or BPH. BPH treatment is usually by prostate medications to either relax the urine tube or decrease the size of the prostate gland. However, surgery may be required in patients with more significant obstruction that is not responding to medical treatment or who have developed complications.
It is a form of minimally invasive surgery that evaporates prostate tissue which is blocking the flow of urine from the bladder. Green light laser uses a unique high power energy which is selectively absorbed by blood within the prostate tissue which leads to vaporization and removal of the tissue, leading to an open channel for passage of urine. As it is selectively absorbed by blood, green light laser seals blood vessels beneath the area of vaporization which results in substantially less bleeding, compared to traditional traditional transurethral resection of prostate (TURP). There are much fewer side effects and recovery is much quicker.
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