Tips for better recovery.
Green light laser prostate surgery recovery time.
Similarly biking and strenuous running should be avoided for 3 4 weeks after the procedure as it may provoke bleeding.
Most of the patients undergo the procedure in outpatient clinics.
Still it may take a few weeks for you to recover fully.
The green light laser beam is used to vaporize the obstructing inner part of the prostate gland itself that is causing the urinary symptoms that are reducing the quality of life of the patient.
While you recover you may have.
Though some may have to be confined in a hospital.
Procedures to treat an enlarged prostate generally require use of a tube catheter to drain urine from the bladder after surgery.
With laser surgery a catheter is generally needed for less than 24 hours.
Less need for a catheter.
Often there would be no need for a catheter.
Recovery time it is usually safe to return to basic everyday activities 1 to 2 weeks after turp procedures and safe to return to strenuous activities after 1 to 2 months.
It is advisable for men to avoid sexual activity for 3 4 weeks after greenlight laser procedure to allow the prostate to heal.
Most men who have this surgery are back to their regular activities in six to eight weeks.