How does HoLAP compare to TURP?
HoLAP and TURP provide immediate symptom relief and have similar OR times. The biggest difference is the change in bleeding. Your vision is so much clearer with holmium since there’s very little bleeding. I also think clearer view reduces the chance of penetrating the prostate capsule. Certainly, post operatively, the difference is tremendous. Using electrocautery, a lot of patients require bladder irrigation, which keeps them in the hospital. Because we don’t have any significant bleeding with holmium, virtually all patients are watched for a couple of hours then released to go home.
