2016年10月9日 · First, he asked why I had a second procedure only two months after the first, and I said it was apparently to clean out the debris and resulting inflammation from the first.and to help me regain some bladder control. While he didn't explicitly say so, it was clear that he thinks there was injury to the external sphincter with the GL procedure.

2014年8月17日 · I had an open partial prostatectomy 20 years ago. The residual prostatic tissue grew back, causing the same obstructive symptoms I had two decades before. Fortunately, there is green light laser nowadays. I had the procedure one week ago and I'm recovering very quickly. In comparing the two procedures, I can only say, that GL laser is a breeze.

2017年6月3日 · My husband had the green light laser treatment for the second time and it did not work. He gets up 8 - 12 times every night to use the bathroom. His urologist is telling us that he will have to live with it.

Greenlight is an older procedure and in experienced hands it works well. Recovery can be messy - urgency is bad enough that many wear diapers for 1-4 weeks post op. Long term, the main problem with Greenlight is RE (dry orgasms). There is a 50/50 chance of it - almost no one does the bladder neck sparing procedure, so I wouldn't factor that in.

2024年2月26日 · Then had Green Light laser, which led to limited improvement but then recurrence of symptoms, and moderate to severe pain after six plus months. A further procedure had established extensive calcification of the prostate, apparently associated with the Greenlight procedure, which would have been responsible for the pain.

2017年3月16日 · In November he got the Green Light Laser Surgery and my father came home with the catheter. Numerous complication arose from the surgery including several weeks of urninary retnetion. Two hospital stays for severe urinary retention and catheter almost all the way through December.

2019年9月19日 · Green Light (PVP) - TURP (button) - At this time I would appreciate your valued thoughts, experiences, and rationale opinions on which procedure you believe has the Best Overall results. Feel free to include negative aspects of each, but please limit them to personal experiences, not third/fourth hand stories. Thank you all in advance.

A word of caution in respect of over doing physical work following a TURP, GL or HoLEP. The surgeon will always tell you not to strain yourself by over exerting the muscles around the prostate for at least two weeks or more, by avoiding heavy lifting, bending, twisting, etc however, I felt so well I did some moderate lifting and bending on day nine following the procedure and paid the ...

Hi All. I had Green Light Procedure on December 17th. Took a good month to stop all the bleeding and all healed up fine. Went to the Urologist for my last follow up two weeks ago and he said all is well. I had a PSA test before I left. Was told today that my PSA is 9.5. Before the GL procedure it was 5.9.

2015年9月10日 · After much consideration he opted for Green Light in the hope that it would be be less invasive and would recover quicker. By the time his surgery took place in August 2015 he had been on a long term catheter for 9 months. He had Green Light Laser surgery 5 weeks ago.