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2. GreenLight Laser Therapy - Wikipedia

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   GreenLight Laser Therapy has been increasingly performed as an alternative to transurethral resection of the prostate in order to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia, with several studies demonstrating comparable results with fewer side effects and complications. Typically, it is an outpatient procedure which provides immediate relief of lower ...

3. Surgery for benign prostatic hyperplasia - Wikipedia

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   A laser passed through the scope delivers energy to shrink or remove excess tissue that is preventing urine flow. [7] Different types of prostate laser surgery include: Visual laser ablation of the prostate (VLAP) technique involving the Nd:YAG laser with contact on the prostatic tissue. Photoselective Vaporisation of the Prostate (PVP).

4. Transurethral resection of the prostate - Wikipedia

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   Another transurethral method utilizes laser energy to remove tissue. With laser prostate surgery a fiber optic cable pushed through the urethra is used to transmit lasers such as holmium-Nd:YAG high-powered "red" or potassium titanyl phosphate (KTP) "green" to vaporize the adenoma.

5. Laparoscopic radical prostatectomy - Wikipedia

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   In an accompanying editorial in the journal commenting on this article [4] (Note: over 9 years ago) Michael L.Blute, M.D. of the Mayo Clinic wrote that "Patient interest in robotic assisted radical prostatectomy has been the result of a highly successful marketing campaign with the resultant consumer demand. Patients have been led to believe ...

6. Alonzo Mourning had surgery to remove prostate following ...

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   It's "rare" for men less than 40 years old to have prostate cancer, but the chance of having the disease "rises rapidly" after 50 years of age. Roughly six in 10 prostate cancer diagnoses take ...

7. Netanyahu's prostate removal surgery was a success ... - AOL

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   Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu successfully underwent surgery to have his prostate removed, hospital officials said Sunday.. The 75-year-old leader, who has had a series of health ...