Holmium Laser

Enucleation with Holmium laser

Holmium Laser has a high cutting capacity and high hemostasis or coagulation capacity due to the characteristics of the wavelength. This makes it an ideal tool to enucleate prostate tissue.

Enucleation with Holmium Laser does not vaporise tissue, but reproduces what open surgery does: it is capable of removing all the hyperplastic tissue or adenoma which obstructs the urethra by completely removing it, but with the enormous advantage of doing it through the urethra.

It is the only technique that can compare its functional results with open surgery, but with the benefits of less invasive surgery:

The Holmiun Laser has the following advantages in comparison with the Green Light Laser:
How do scientific studies support the effectiveness of the Holmium Laser in relation to other techniques?

Holmium Laser has been employed for over 15 years. Our working group already has 12 years of experience and more than 2,500 operations with this procedure.

The European Association of Urology Guidelines on Good Clinical Practice are created by renowned experts in the field that review articles with a scientific basis and the best evidence-based medicine for each topic. The guidelines specify that enucleation with Holmium Laser is suitable for all prostate sizes, and achieves the best functional results with minimum morbidity.

They also specify that for prostate sizes over 80 grams only open surgery or Holmium Laser enucleation should be performed. Photovaporisation lasers, such as green light laser, are not recommended.

Which criteria must the patient meet in order to benefit from this laser?

None. Holmium Laser enucleation is very versatile and, as mentioned, it can be applied to all prostate sizes. We have performed operations on patients with prostate glands between 40 and 300 grams.

In addition, due to the aforementioned advantages, it is especially indicated for risk patients: elderly persons, people with heart disease, anticoagulated patients and, in general, patients with concomitant pathologies that increase the risk when being operated with other procedures.

The problem with this technique is that it is difficult to learn. Are urologists trained to use it?

It is true that the problem with this technique is the learning curve. It requires much more experience than with other lasers.

As mentioned, our experience already exceeds 2,500 patients operated with this technique, and we are accredited by Lumenis, the company that markets the Holmium Laser, as instructors for other specialists who want to be introduced to this technique.