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The green light laser beam is used to vaporize the obstructing inner part of the prostate gland itself that is causing the urinary symptoms that are reducing the quality of life of the patient.
Greenlight laser treatment is a therapy that evaporates prostatic tissue which is blocking the outlet of the bladder.
Greenlight laser pvp photoselective vaporization of the prostate is a procedure used in the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia bph an enlargement of the prostate gland resulting in the urethral restriction the prostate is a small gland circling the urethra immediately below the neck of the bladder.
Mayo clinic urologists pioneered the use of laser energy to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia in the 90s.
It is performed under anesthesia by placing a telescope into the urethra up to the level of the prostate.
The green light is created by lithium triborate a chemical used as the lasing medium says dr.
The laser fiber is guided through the scope and the prostate tissue is then quickly and gently vaporized.
In fact mayo s department of urology is the birthplace of the green light laser for treatment of bph.