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New laser a 'game changer' for prostate surgery at West Coast General Hospital
The $285,000 device cuts bleeding and recovery time for men undergoing trans-urethral prostate resection, hospital officials said.
- West Coast General Hospital installed a new green light laser for prostate surgery, a $285,000 purchase funded by the Alberni Health Care Auxiliary to enhance patient outcomes.
- Proceeds from the hospital gift shop and The Attic thrift store on Johnston Road funded the equipment, which urologist Dr. Zeid Mohamedali called a "game changer" for the urology department.
- Unlike traditional electrocautery methods, the device coagulates blood vessels to minimize scarring and infection risks, with Mohamedali having worked with green light laser equipment for six years.
- Recovery times have dropped from weeks to days, reducing catheter dependency and freeing recovery room space for other surgical procedures at the hospital.
- Provincial health minister Josie Osborne reported recently that $600,000 has been raised toward a new cancer care clinic planned for WCGH, with fundraising continuing.
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New laser a 'game changer' for prostate surgery at West Coast General Hospital
A state-of-the-art laser is changing the lives of patients undergoing prostate surgery at West Coast General Hospital. For the past two months, a green light laser has advanced recovery times and lowered risks for men undergoing trans-urethral prostate resection (TUPR) surgery—considered a day surgery. “This has dramatically changed how we can manage men with enlarged prostates,” said Dr. Zeid Mohamedali, urologist at West Coast General Hospital…
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