New laser treatment for Prostate Cancer at London Bridge Hospital.
With age men increasingly get urinary symptoms that become severe enough to consider seeking treatment. Benign Prostate Hypertrophy is a non cancerousMalignant, a tumour that may invade surrounding tissues or spread to distant parts of the body. enlargement of the prostateA gland that surrounds the urethra near the bladder. It produces a fluid that forms part of the semen. glandAn organ with the ability to make and secrete certain fluids. which affects more than 50% of men over the age of 60.
Prostate surgery (TURPtransurethral resection of prostate) has almost completely replaced open surgery. Thanks to laser technology there is a better option. This new procedure, called GreenLight, is increasingly recognised worldwide as the method of
choice. It has the same outcomes as TURPAn abbreviation for transurethral resection of the prostate, a procedure to shave away some of an enlarged prostate. This eases the pressure from the prostate on the urethra, the tube that carries urine from the bladder. but with lower rates of adverse events.
Click to read the full article New procedure for prostate cancer by Gordon Muir Consultant Urological Surgeon at King’s College Hospital who has pioneered the new surgery.
