Holep – Advancement in Laparoscopic Urology

RG Stone and Super Speciality Hospital, India’s only chain of super speciality hospitals for Urology, Joint Replacement, ENT and Laparoscopy, announced the success of the operations on two patients for their disease, Prostate Enlargement or Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) leading to Blockage of Urinary Passage. This is because both the patients were unsuitable candidates for surgery under previous techniques for treatment of BPH. One of the patients, Mr Sohan Singh, is 90 years old and is Anemic. The second patient, Dr HS Sandhu, is 69-year old and had Hypertension, Stroke & Cardiac Problem. It is well to note, too, that Dr. Sandhu himself is an Ophthalmologist and a retired CMO.

With the availability of the latest Holmium Laser Enucleation of Prostate (HOLEP) Technique, Dr. Anand Sehgal was able to successfully operate on the two patients and give new life to them. Dr. Anand Sehgal is M.Ch. (Urology) and Chief Endoscopic & Laparoscopic Urologist at RG Stone and Super Speciality Hospital. HOLEP is a minimally invasive surgery, for treatment of BPH using the state-of-the-art 100 Watt Holmium Laser.

Dr Chan Bir Singh, Partner, RG Stone and Super Speciality Hospital, also informed that the RG Hospital chain is the first to introduce Holmium Laser in India and that the RG Stone and Super Speciality Hospital, Ludhiana is currently the only institution possessing the Holmium Laser, not only in entire Punjab, but in entire region up-north Delhi.

The prostate is part of a man’s genitals. The prostate is a walnut-sized gland located beneath the bladder and in front of the rectum. For men over 50, the most common prostate problem is prostate enlargement. This condition is also called Benign Continue reading

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