Holmium Laser Stone Surgery

WHAT IS HOLMIUM LASER STONE SURGERY?

The stone surgery has evolved a long way from the era of open stone surgery to the most advanced form of stone surgery i.e. Holmium Laser Lithotripsy/ Holmium Laser stone surgery. Holmium laser stone surgery uses holmium laser to break stones that are present in urinary tract of a person. These stones are generally located in kidneys, ureters (tubes that carry urine from the kidneys to the bladder), bladder or urethra (the tube through which urine leaves the body from the bladder) of the person. The surgery is done with the help of a flexible laser fibre which is used through the scope (camera) placed in the urinary tract through the urethra of the patient. The stone is broken into small fragments often in the size of dust particles; which generally passes through urine. The procedure is done without any incisions or cuts.

HOW IS HOLMIUM LASER STONE SURGERY IS BETTER?

The other methods available for breaking stones are pneumatic/ ballistic lithotripsy and ESWL or extracorporeal lithotripsy. Both of these methods are often falsely promoted as laser stone surgery.

The drawbacks of these methods are:

Drawbacks of Pneumatic/ ballistic lithotripsy

• In these inspite of flexible laser fibre : a metallic rod is used to break the stones. It creates large stone fragments which are to be removed manually using other devices and often fragments are large in size and causes residual and recurrent stone formation after stone surgery
• Increases chances of mechanical injury to urinary tract
• Difficult to do surgery in narrow ureters
• More chances of upmigration of stone fragments; therby causing recurrent stones.

Drawbacks of ESWL

• It is now almost obsolute technology because of side effects. In it an external device is placed adjacent to patients body which delivers shockwave to patient s body and causes breakage of stones.
• It is least effective stone treatment with highest number of residual stone rates
• It causes damage to kidneys and leads to scarring of kidneys
• It causes renal hematomas: bleeding in kidney
• Long term side effect of hypertension due to kidney damage

Which laser is available at Guru Jambheshwar Multispeciality Hospital, Agroha?

We at GJMH, Agroha have the latest laser available in the entire Hisar, Fatehabad, Jind and Sirsa Region i.e. is the Laser from the Quanta System from Italy. We have a 35 Watt Holmium Laser which can be used to do all kinds of stone surgery for the urinary tract stones as well as for the stones of salivary glands (oral glands) & gall stones which are passed in the CBD/ Bile Duct. It can also be used in other urology treatments like soft tissue surgeries with stricture treatment and cancer resections. We are happy to provide state of the art Holmium Laser Facility in the entire region.

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