Laser Prostate Treatment On BPH

Now that the prostate has become a world concern, many men approaching 40s and 50s are being persuaded to arrange for themselves an annual routine testing involving prostate problem detection by means of PSA testing and DRE scanning.

Mayo Clinic, in Jacksonville, has a better option for those that might find problems within their prostate. They offer a new laser prostate treatment that would take care of the prostate problems, provided they come early. Says Dr. Gregory Broderick,

“Men generally do not come to a doctor unless they carry symptoms… and lose years of valuable, potential treatment -because they wait until they’re really sick to come in”

Dr. Gregory Broderick had also mentioned now that pharmaceutical approaches for the treatment have been shown to excessively impair a number of sexual functions, men would be looking elsewhere for less damaging treatment. And laser prostate treatment provides the best option.

The laser prostate treatment of Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, called Interstitial Laser Thermotherapy, is a procedure that will be performed by Mayo Clinic urologists Dr. Gregory Broderick and Dr. Todd Igel in an in-office procedure under local anesthesia. The procedure uses special laser equipment inserted through the urethra where it can reach the prostate to burn excess prostate tissue.

Mayo Clinic’s laser prostate treatment does carry its own risk of bleeding (usually out within days or weeks), impotence or incontinence but poses a lesser percentage of happening than surgical procedures. This is, however, applicable to prostate enlargement of minimal to moderate. For those excessively large prostate, it is normal to have a surgical procedure under local anesthesia, especially if the patient has been experiencing severe symptoms like acute urinary retention and bleeding.

Those interested in seeking medical service with Mayo Clinic, their Central Appointment Offices can be reached through these numbers:

Jacksonville, Fla.: 904-953-2272.
Rochester, Minn.: 507-538-3270
Scottsdale/Phoenix, Ariz.: 800-446-2279

Their website at www.mayoclinic.org can be browsed for more information relevant to the topic or other topics of interest.
Another site, GreenLight Laser System, provides similar service. Their PVP (Photoselective Vaporization of the Prostate) procedure works like Mayo Clinic’s Interstitial Laser Thermotherapy. Log in their site at www.laserscope.com.

Prostate problem, in the vein of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia is the most common affliction of an aging man outside Prostate Cancer. And laser prostate treatments indeed can work wonders on those suffering from early stages of BPH. So that means early detection, and treatment, is the best course towards a healthy prime.