What determines the price of prostate surgery?

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1:11 In the private sector, prices will vary according to several factors. The first is the technique. A transurethral resection is not the same as a prostate laser enucleation. The holmium laser is sophisticated and expensive equipment, and the surgeon's training to master it takes years, and that will be reflected in the cost.

1:31 The second is the surgeon's experience, and I say this without hesitation, it is important. In surgery, as in everything, experience makes the difference in the results. A surgeon who has performed one hundred laser enucleations does not get the same results as one who has performed five thousand.