Please elaborate on the speed of holmium versus green light ablation. Why does green light slow down?
The difference in speed is related to how KTP and holmium work. Holmium vaporizes the water and every cell has water. So holmium starts out and finishes at the same speed. KTP, however, is absorbed by blood in tissue. There can be more blood on the surface of the prostate, so the green light laser can initially vaporize quickly. As you get to less vascular prostatic tissue, green light laser ablation slows down. And because KTP causes deep coagulation, the resulting desiccated tissue is harder, or slower, to vaporize.
