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Tests and diagnosis: Your doctor will start by asking detailed questions about your symptoms and doing a physical exam. This initial exam is likely to include:
Digital rectal exam: The doctor inserts a finger into the rectum to check your prostate for enlargement.
Urine test: Analyzing a sample of your urine can help rule out an infection or other conditions that can cause similar symptoms.
Blood test: The results can indicate kidney problems.
Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood test: PSA is a substance produced in your prostate. PSA levels increase when you have an enlarged prostate. However, elevated PSA levels can also be due to recent procedures, infection, surgery or prostate cancer.
Neurological exam: This brief evaluation of your mental functioning and nervous system can help identify causes of urinary problems other than enlarged prostate.
After that, your doctor might recommend additional tests to help confirm an enlarged prostate and to rule out other conditions.
Urinary flow test: You urinate into a receptacle attached to a machine that measures the strength and amount of your urine flow. Test results help determine over time if your condition is getting better or worse.
Postvoid residual volume test: This test measures whether you can empty your bladder completely. The test can be done using ultrasound or by inserting a catheter into your bladder after you urinate to measure how much urine is left in your bladder.
24-hour voiding diary: Recording the frequency and amount of urine might be especially helpful if more than one-third of your daily urinary output occurs at night.
If your condition is more complex, your doctor may recommend:
Transrectal ultrasound: An ultrasound probe is inserted into your rectum to measure and evaluate your prostate.
Prostate biopsy: Transrectal ultrasound guides needles used to take tissue samples (biopsies) of the prostate. Examining the tissue can help your doctor diagnose or rule out prostate cancer.
Urodynamic and pressure flow studies: A catheter is threaded through your urethra into your bladder. Water — or, less commonly, air — is slowly injected into your bladder. Your doctor can then measure bladder pressure and determine how well your bladder muscles are working.
Cystoscopy: A lighted, flexible cystoscope is inserted into your urethra, allowing your doctor to see inside your urethra and bladder. You will be given a local anesthetic before this test.
Intravenous pyelogram or CT urogram: A tracer is injected into a vein. X-rays or CT scans are then taken of your kidneys, bladder and the tubes that connect your kidneys to your bladder (ureters). These tests can help detect urinary tract stones, tumors or blockages above the bladder.
Photoselective vaporization of the prostate (PVP): A laser is used to melt away (vaporize) excess prostate tissue to enlarge the urinary channel.
Holmium laser ablation of the prostate (HoLAP): This is a similar procedure to PVP, except that a different type of laser is used to melt away (vaporize) the excess prostate tissue.
Holmium laser enucleation of the prostate (HoLEP): The laser is used to cut and remove the excess tissue that is blocking the urethra. Another instrument, called a morcellator, is then used to chop the prostate tissue into small pieces that are easily removed.
Prostate laser surgery helps reduce urinary symptoms caused by BPH. Urinary symptoms caused by
• Frequent, urgent need to urinate
• Difficulty starting urination
• Slow (prolonged) urination
• Increased frequency of urination at night (nocturia)
• Stopping and starting again while urinating
• The feeling you can’t completely empty your bladder
• Urinary tract infections
• Recurring urinary tract infections
• Kidney or bladder damage
• Inability to control urination (incontinence) or an inability to urinate at all (urinary retention)
• Bladder stones
• Recurring blood in your urine
Note:- Cost Estimate of Laser Prostate Surgery cost in India ,above include stay in a Private Room for specific number of days where a companion can stay with the patient, surgeon fee, medicines and consumables, nursing care and food for the patient. More accurate treatment cost estimates can be provided if medical reports are emailed to us or after the patient is examined by doctors after arrival in India and medical tests are done.
• Med Access selected team of world renowned urologists make available the very latest in diagnostic and treatment options for urologic disease.
• Our partner doctors are renowned for expertise in highly specialized technologies and minimally invasive surgical techniques.
• Med Access associated urologists offer a multidisciplinary approach to treatment.
• Our selected urologists are well-trained in minimally-invasive techniques, employing real-time ultrasound guidance, fiber-optic endoscopic equipment, and various lasers in the treatment of multiple benign and malignant conditions. In addition, urologists are pioneers in the use of robotics in laparoscopic surgery
• Through our selected Prostate and Urologic Cancer Centers, we strive to provide state-of-the-art treatments and therapies for those with prostate and urologic cancers.
