[Experience in using laser surgery of the prostate gland in patients with a functioning pacemaker]

Transurethral laser surgery of the prostate is one of the alternative techniques able to improve therapy of patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) associated with concomitant diseases. The operation was made in 7 patients with apparent infravesical obstruction due to BPH. They had implanted pace makers. Because of associated cardiovascular and respiratory diseases the patients were not allowed transurethral electroresection and open prostatectomy. Laser intervention produced no negative effects on the pacemaker function and hemodynamics in the course of the operation. Postoperative period was uneventful. 6-month follow-up registered natural micturition, evident subjective and objective improvement.