Green Laser PVP

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Erwin Deines - 17 May 2005 16:01 GMT

I'd appreciate hearing from anyone who has undergone this procedure,
Thanks.

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Steve Kramer - 17 May 2005 23:27 GMT

Never went through it and never heard of anyone who did. But, I just looked
it up on the Internet and it seems like a very interesting idea.

Actually, now that I think of it, maybe Leonard mentioned lasers a year or
so ago.

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Biopsy 11/01/2000 G7 (3+4), T2c
RRP 12/15/2000 G7 (3+4), T3cN0M0 Neg margins
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> I'd appreciate hearing from anyone who has undergone this procedure,
> Thanks.

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Uncle - 18 May 2005 13:57 GMT

>I'd appreciate hearing from anyone who has undergone this procedure,
>Thanks.

I had the Green Laser PVP about 18 months ago. PVP is excellent to
treat prostate enlargement with no sign of cancer, but is not
recommended for prostate cancer because in this procedure the
prostate tissue is vaporized, so there is always danger of spreading
the cancer if it exists. In my case, there was no sign of cancer and
my PSA was about 2. My complaint was frequent urination and urgency.
The PVP fixed that. For lots of info on PVP, try the
sci.med.prostate.bph newsgroup. There are many guys there who have had
PVP, as well as a few who had TURP, TUMT, and other procedures, none
of which are suitable for prostate cancer.

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