[Complications of Nd-YAG laser treatment on tracheobronchial lesions]. 1992

K Tamura, and S Hitomi
Chest Disease Research Institute, Kyoto University.

Neodymium-yttrium-aluminum-garnet (Nd-YAG) laser was clinically introduced to the treatment of tracheobronchial lesions 10 years ago. Since then, the apparatus of the laser therapy and the flexible bronchoscopy have been improved, and the indication for its treatment has been established. Nd-YAG laser is useful at the field of the treatment of the tracheobronchial stenotic or obstructed lesions. But various complications occur, because of the lesions occupying in the narrow tracheo and bronchial lumen. In our institute, 83 cases have been treated in 196 sessions (from one to fifteen sessions per patient) for the past ten years. The stenotic or obstructed lesions were divided into three etiologies, 64 cases with malignant lesion, 8 cases with post operative granulation at the suture line and 11 cases with benign lesion. All procedures were performed under local anesthesia by using flexible bronchoscope. Among them, complications were noticed in eleven cases. They involved hemorrhage (6 cases) and respiratory disturbances (2 cases) during operative period, and massive hemorrhage (2 cases) and edema of the tumor (1 case) in the adjacent period of laser treatments.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D001982 Bronchial Diseases Diseases involving the BRONCHI. Bronchial Disease,Disease, Bronchial,Diseases, Bronchial
D001984 Bronchial Neoplasms Tumors or cancer of the BRONCHI. Neoplasms, Bronchial,Bronchial Neoplasm,Neoplasm, Bronchial
D001999 Bronchoscopy Endoscopic examination, therapy or surgery of the bronchi. Bronchoscopic Surgical Procedures,Surgical Procedures, Bronchoscopic,Bronchoscopic Surgery,Surgery, Bronchoscopic,Bronchoscopic Surgeries,Bronchoscopic Surgical Procedure,Bronchoscopies,Surgeries, Bronchoscopic,Surgical Procedure, Bronchoscopic
D003251 Constriction, Pathologic The condition of an anatomical structure's being constricted beyond normal dimensions. Stenosis,Stricture,Constriction, Pathological,Pathologic Constriction,Constrictions, Pathologic,Pathologic Constrictions,Pathological Constriction,Stenoses,Strictures
D005260 Female Females
D006470 Hemorrhage Bleeding or escape of blood from a vessel. Bleeding,Hemorrhages
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults

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