Abstract
Lasers have several useful properties for the treatment of patients with prostatic obstruction. Laser energy can be delivered through small endoscopes and laser energy can destroy prostate tissue while producing hemostasis. Because perioperative bleeding is the major cause of morbidity associated with prostatectomy, a technique that minimizes or eliminates bleeding could reduce morbidity, hospitalization, and costs and, therefore, improve outcome of prostatectomy. For a laser to be truly useful in treating prostatic obstruction, it also must be capable of removing substantial amounts of tissue to relieve anatomic obstruction.
This work is supported by IntraSonix, Inc., Burlington, Massachusetts, in which the Lahey Clinic and the author have a minority financial interest.
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Roth, R.A. (1993). Laser Prostatectomy. In: Romas, N.A., Vaughan, E.D. (eds) Alternate Methods in the Treatment of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-45723-4_10
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