"MASTER OF THE UROLIFT"

MEET DR PRIYADARSHI RANJAN, A MULTIFACETED URO-SURGEON WHO LAID THE FOUNDATION OF MODERN-DAY PROSTATE SURGERY IN INDIA, AND WHO ALWAYS DARES TO GO BEYOND ESTABLISHED HEALING PATTERNS. HERE HE TALKS ABOUT MASTERING THE NEW UROLIFT TECHNIQUE TO HEAL BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA (BPH) EVEN AS HE FINE-TUNES HIS BRAND-NEW MELIORA KIDNEY INSTITUTE AND RESEARCH CENTER LOCATED AT BAHRA HOSPITAL, MOHALI. TWENTY MINUTES AWAY FROM CHANDIGARH ON CHANDIGARH ROPAR HIGHWAY.

You are considered as Master of the Urolift technique for Prostate in India. Tell us something more about this new technology.

Urolift or Prostate Urethral Lift is a day-care, minimally invasive procedure in which the surgeon realigns the prostate anatomy with small, miniaturized implants so that the urinary obstruction in men is released immediately. It’s, I repeat, a day-care procedure. Which means the patient can go back the same day without a catheter in a few hours.

It allows patients to simply walk in, go through the surgery and walk out of the hospital just a couple of hours later, healed and hearty. In fact, just two-three days after such a crucial medical procedure, such patients can return to work and follow their normal day-today routine.

The most important assurance of a Urolift procedure is that it preserves the sexual potential of younger or sexually active male population looking to treat their BPH. Otherwise, the medicines used to cure BPH - such as Tamsulosin, Sildosin, Alfuzosin; or surgical options like TURP or Laser Prostate Surgery – are all associated with side-effects on the sexual health of the patients, like retrograde ejaculation and urinary incontinence. But these side-effects are practically unknown in the case of the Urolift procedure. The procedure just needs special training and experience to deploy the implants in such a way that the prostatic urethral alignment happens perfectly.