the hospital, the patient had been suffering from prolonged difficulty in urination along with repeated episodes of urinary retention, which had considerably impacted his quality of life ...

A 77-year-old man suffering from a severely enlarged prostate was treated using an advanced minimally invasive laser ...

Doctor explains minimally invasive laser procedure removes enlarged prostate, reduces bleeding, and prevents kidney failure ...

A novel cooled laser focal therapy device demonstrates 84% treatment success for localized prostate cancer at 3 months, with only 12% reporting erectile dysfunction and minimal impact on urinary ...

Laser-based prostate cancer treatment from California's Avenda Health has been granted Breakthrough Device status by the US FDA. The status, applied for by the company before approval by the FDA, ...

Because treatment of the whole prostate can lead to long-term side effects in patients with prostate cancer, interest in minimally invasive, focal treatment options has been growing for certain ...

Laser technology has lowered complications for this very common procedure, allowing patients to heal at home. This article was originally published June 5, 2020 on PSQH by Amy E. Krambeck, MD. Benign ...

The UK's National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), the authority that determines which types of treatments should be adopted by the National Health Service (NHS), is recommending a ...

Scientists have developed a novel therapy to treat men who have the early stages of prostate cancer, radically improving their chances of completely eliminating the disease without the need to remove ...

After one year, 14 out of the 16 treated lesions tested negative for signs of cancer, according to procedure developer Nanospectra Biosciences. The company’s gold-silica particles, dubbed AuroShells, ...

Using a high-pressure water jet to operate on an enlarged prostate can better preserve the ability to ejaculate, compared with standard laser surgery, finds research. The technique has similar ...