Thulium Laser Prostatectomy (ThuLEP)

If you are thinking on having a Thulium Laser Prostatectomy in Spain, you can request an assessment consultation with one of our specialists in Urology, and regain your quality of life now under the guarantees of Operarme.

Do you live abroad and and you’re thinking of having Thulium Laser Prostatectomy in Spain? 

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As published above this page, the cost of Thulium Laser Prostatectomy in Spain through Operarme is 7.190 €: a fixed price with all the services included. However, if there is any special need in the technique or the surgical process, always under the surgeon’s medical recommendation, you will be informed of the variation in the price before starting the process.

Contact our Patient Service Team if you have any questions by calling at +34 91 141 33 56, by filling out the contact form or through Whatsapp. Operarme is not only at your disposal throughout the process, advising you and programming each stage of the procedure, but will also try to solve any concerns that may arise.

If you need guidance on the surgical process, the postoperative stage and the advantages of having Thulium Laser Prostate surgery treatment, we offer you more detailed information below.

In order to address an enlarged prostate using the Thulium Laser, the surgeon has different techniques to choose from; however, all of them are performed via transurethral, using an adapted cystoscope under general anaesthesia, and previously introducing a serous fluid that allows expanding the walls of both the bladder and prostate urethra, so the surgeon can get a better view and be able to manoeuvre more easily the laser:

Vaporisation of the prostate

This technique evaporates the enlarged prostate tissue by heating it. This phenomenon occurs when the intracellular water in the tissue of the prostate is heated by the Thulium laser, until it rises to 100 degrees. During this process, the heated water inside the cell evaporates along with the rest of the cellular material.

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Vapo-Resection of the prostate

This technique combines the aforementioned vaporisation of the tissue with tissue resection using a laser beam.

This technique is highly effective in medium to large prostates since it allows vaporisation while creating tissue fragments as in transurethral resection treatment. 

Thulium laser prostate surgery is the most advanced technique in the treatment of BPH nowadays.

In both procedures, a bladder catheter is placed in the patient’s bladder after the intervention to remove the fluid and any debris that may remain after vaporisation and resection of the prostate.

The duration of the surgery is less than in conventional prostate surgeries, and it usually takes around 30-45 minutes. 

Once the procedure has been completed, the patient is taken to a recovery room where remains until his/her vitals have stabilised.

The patient remains at least 24 hours in the hospital with a catheter on to help you urinate.

You will be discharged from hospital when you regain normal urination.

In this case, bleeding will be minimal, thanks to thulium laser technique that prevents it, which is why the hospital is short.

Full recovery time for this intervention is around 3-4 days after surgery.

The main advantage of prostate surgery is the solution of Benign Hyperplasia Prostate symptoms: these could get worse by time if there’s no surgical treatment.

More advantages of undergoing surgery with thulium laser technique to reduce the size of the prostate are the following:

• Faster laser: the laser performs the function of vaporisation and resection at a higher speed than its predecessors, such as the green laser.
• Less bleeding: when using this laser, the heating disperses over the non-vaporised tissue producing an haemostatic effect (like cauterising a wound); therefore, avoiding the bleeding that causes prolonged hospital stay, as happens in conventional prostate interventions. 
• It allows the surgeon to know the amount of operating tissue.
• The duration of this intervention is shorter than in other prostate procedures.
• The hospital stay is short. Discharge happens after 24 hours of having the surgery done, due to minimal bleeding.
• This technique also reduces erectile dysfunction and urine incontinence.
• Medical complications during and after surgery are less likely. While complications in more conventional surgical techniques are quite unlikely and even rare, with Thulium laser, the chance of experiencing any surgery-related problems is further reduced.
• Thulium laser prostate surgery also reduces complications for patients at risk: patients with heart diseases, of older age, or who are taking anticoagulants can undergo this intervention without added risks.

You can find below several reasons why hiring Operarme services for your Thulium Laser Prostate Surgery is a safe and wise choice.

We have been helping our patients solve their medical problems for more than 10 years, through high-quality surgical procedures.

Our Patient Service team will answer all your questions, and will schedule each of the appointments of your surgery procedure:

• Fixed price, all-inclusive.
• Fully personalised patient service.
• Specialists in Urology recognized by the Spanish health system.
• Hospitals with the best facilities and equipped with the most advanced medical technologies.
• A medical complications insurance that will cover any eventuality that may arise.
• Transfer service to avoid driving on the days of admission and/or discharge.

Our Patient Service team, as well as the doctors who are part of our medical team, speak English, so you won’t find communications problems throughout the process. If you speak French, we also have staff who speak it fluently.

Organization of the surgical service from Spain

Before travelling to Spain to have the first consultation with our specialist, we would help you out with the planning of your trip:

• Reception of medical tests for review by the specialist: Before you travel to Spain, you would send us the necessary diagnostic tests via email so that our specialists can check them, and confirm that the surgery is indeed viable.
• Once it’s been confirmed, Operarme’s patient service team will organise the face-to-face consultation with the doctor, according to your arrival in Spain, and set up a date for your hospital admission so in the event that you go ahead with the surgery, the timing of the procedure fits your stay in Spain.

Personalised attention

Anytime you need to discuss and ask any questions about the process, the surgery or the conditions of the service, please do not hesitate to contact our patient service team.

Service available in all main cities in Spain

We have specialists and private hospitals available in all major cities in Spain that have international airports: Madrid, Barcelona, Malaga, Alicante, Palma de Mallorca, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Valencia.

In addition, the technological equipment and infrastructure of private hospitals in our country are of first rate. In fact, the Joint Commission International (health accreditation organisation) has valued and awarded medical care in Spain on more than 20 occasions.

If you need more information or you plan to travel to Spain to undergo Thulium Laser Prostate surgery, contact our patient service team by filling out our contact form, via whatsapp or by clicking here:

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