One of the marketing ploys of Laserscope is to leave out relevant and
pertinent information.
Regarding the bladder, years of BPH may cause it to lose
contractility.....like a balloon that is repeatedly over inflated
loses its "bounce" and ability to empty its contents quickly. Urgency and
frequency may very well NOT be corrected with BPH because of prior bladder
damage. If there is a discussion of this on Laserscope's site, I'd like to
know where it is!
What Laserscope should mention is that the bladder may be damaged from years
of stress related to BPH and may, or may not return to normal contractility.
But, of course, they don't. Doing so could dissuade potential customers!

I've mentioned this several times on this site and as new readers and
contributors join in the discussion I would feel remiss not to caution them
about the hyped up marketing that characterizes Laserscope's irresponsible
commitment to the bottom line.....THEIR PROFITS! There is no ethical place
for the MARKETING of medical procedures, primarily because there are, at
best, minimal ethics involved. Recently they upgraded their site to include
a more realistic evaluation of a patient's recovery issues. But that was
after months of criticism and implied legal action against their
self-serving misinformation campaigns. It is unfortunate that we as patients
have to stand beside a medical corporation and essentially whip it into
compliance with the reality and consequences of surgical procedures...even
if that reality only applies to a "significant minority." That "significant
minority" now numbers in the hundreds or thousands, and will continue to
grow as PVP becomes more and more the "gold standard" in prostate reduction
surgery.

Marcus