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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Prostate BPH / December 2007PVP Laser vs. Holmium Laser
List: Does anyone have any information on the relative merits/track records between PVP and Holmium Laser? My Urologist has advised that he's switched to using Holmium vice PVP because he had ~ 1 in 10 patients who experienced some lasting pain and discomfort after PVP, some for as long as 4 months...He stated that although the Holmium laser procedure takes maybe 20 minutes longer (apparently because it's a bit slower), it's worth it because he's had NO patients with any such consequences...Evidently he found that PVP can induce excess heat to those prostate tissues which remain after a blast, and are slow to heal.... I'd appreciate any views on this.... TIA! >List: > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > >I'd appreciate any views on this.... Interesting... you might want to contact Dr. Sancha; I bet he has views on this, or an explanation. His contact info is on his blog site at http://drgomezsancha2.blogspot.com/. Ed Thanks, Ed; I took a look, but didn't find anything at Dr. Sancha's web site. I looked through some of the early posts on this Group and did find some discussions about this, but the statements made seemed to be just the opposite to what my urologist had related to me (Homium heats the surrounding tissues a bit too much while PVP seems to be a bit cleaner!). Hope someone else may have some information... >>List: >> [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > >Ed >Thanks, Ed; I took a look, but didn't find anything at Dr. Sancha's >web site. [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] >>views on this, or an explanation. His contact info is on his blog >>site at http://drgomezsancha2.blogspot.com/. I didn't mean that you would find info about the Holmium laser on his web site... but you will find his e-mail address so you can send him an email and ask him about it. Others have asked him things in the past, and he replies. I am reluctant to post his e-mail here because it might be picked up by spammers. Ed |
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