Suffering from a urological condition, whether it is an enlarged prostate, kidney stones, or any number of other problems, can be deeply unpleasant for a number of reasons. Most obviously, it is a very painful condition to suffer from and can quickly impact your daily life.
However, this disruption continues if and when the time comes to undergo a medical procedure to overcome your urological issue. After all, urological treatments can, by their very nature, disrupt your normal bodily function and potentially, risk collateral damage in the process of solving your urological problem.
It doesn’t have to be this way. In fact, thanks to breakthroughs in technology and urological procedure, treatments can be far less intrusive.
Here’s how procedural technology is improving urological treatments:
Faster procedures
One of the most unwelcome aspects of any medical treatment is the length of time a procedure takes. For the patient, the longer the surgery, the more disruption to your life and the longer you are removed from normal life and, subsequently, the start of your recovery.
However, thanks to technological innovations, such as those by Lumenis, procedures can be made considerably faster, as well as greatly reducing the total surgery time. Naturally, this will lead to patients being dealt with faster, decreasing their time spent away from home, improving their mental health, sense of independence, and eventual convalescence.
This is good for medical professionals too because this increase in technological efficiency means more patients can be processed, allowing a greater number of people to be treated quickly and reducing the workload on healthcare staff. Of course, a potential side effect of this lowered burden is that surgeons can do their job to a higher standard and enjoy healthier levels of mental and physical health, too.
It gives surgeons greater levels of flexibility
When it comes to urological treatments, there is often no standard technique that can be used on every patient. There are a number of approaches to suit differing cases, but this level of flexibility can be made difficult without the necessary laser technology to accommodate the whole spectrum of approaches.
When it comes to urinary stone operations, for instance, it may be necessary to perform the stone-dusting technique, while in other cases, it is best to opt for fragmentation.
Using this laser technology, these tasks can be performed without relying on other tools such as access sheaths, stents, and baskets.
This is a positive for if you are undergoing urological treatment because you can receive efficient surgery with minimal intrusion.
It reduces the need for intrusive tools and techniques
This is the big one. When efficient laser technology is used in urological treatments, the possible collateral damage caused by more intrusive techniques is greatly reduced, minimizing the negative impact of surgery on your daily life.
Essentially, this technology penetrates just deep enough to complete the procedure without running the risk of causing any damage in the process. Think of it as an even more accurate and precise evolution of the surgeon’s scalpel.