Abuja Hospital Offers Laser Prostate Treatment Without Surgical Incisions

* Patients go home same day

Eleos Specialist Hospital in Abuja has begun offering Thulium Fiber Laser Enucleation of the Prostate (ThuFLEP). This procedure uses a newly introduced laser technology that removes an enlarged prostate entirely without making surgical incisions.

The laser allows complete removal of the prostate regardless of its size, providing benefits such as no surgical cuts, minimal or no blood loss, and discharge either on the same day or the following day.

Additional advantages include that the procedure is performed while the patient remains awake and that erectile function is preserved.

The laser incorporates modifications that give it advantages over earlier lasers and it is also employed for other medical applications, such as treating kidney stones.

Mr. Joshua Amayanvbo, Head of Operations, stated that the hospital has performed ThuFLEP on more than 30 patients, each of whom was discharged on the same day or the following day.

In a recent interview on the Arise Television Morning Show, Dr. Paul Ngwu, a consultant urologist and laparoscopic surgeon, highlighted ThuFLEP as a new and improved laser technology for treating prostate enlargement.

Dr. Ngwu explained that the modern equipment and its effectiveness reduce many complications associated with older, traditional procedures.

“We’ll finish the surgery and the urine is clear. And there is no bleeding there, even for a very big prostate.”

“You will just discover that you are not seeing any bleeder at all as you are moving on. So you will discover that you have removed 300g prostate or 400g prostate and there is no need for transfusion at all,” Ngwu said.

He also emphasized that the procedure does not affect erections at all.

“The essence of this programme is for public health education. Of course, this is not advertisement, but to create an awareness for members of the public to know that there are solutions to these problems and that such technology exists. Of course, when you go on Google and search ThuFLEP, a lot of information will pop up. They’re also there in some of our hospitals,” he added.

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