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

K Sasaki, and S Hanzawa, and S Momiki, and Y Tamachi, and M Kaji
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hamamatsu Medical Center.

Eight cases treated with Nd-YAG laser via fiberoptic bronchoscopy were studied. Four of them were primary lung cancer, one was tracheal invasion of thyroid cancer and three were postintubation lesions of trachea. In six cases, Nd-YAG laser treatment was effective for enlargement of the airway lumen and improvement of their symptoms. In the cases of advanced lung cancer, not only local findings of the tumor but also clinical stage and possibility of adjuvant therapy must be considered to apply this procedure. In the cases of postintubation tracheal stenosis (except polypoid lesions), T-tube stenting or surgical reconstruction must be followed after laser treatment. Nd-YAG laser treatment can be useful for the tracheobronchial lesions such as primary tracheal tumors, lung cancer, metastatic tumors, postintubation tracheal stenosis and so on if applied precisely.

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
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
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly
D014135 Tracheal Stenosis A pathological narrowing of the TRACHEA. Stenoses, Tracheal,Stenosis, Tracheal,Tracheal Stenoses
D053685 Laser Therapy The use of photothermal effects of LASERS to coagulate, incise, vaporize, resect, dissect, or resurface tissue. Laser Knife,Laser Scalpel,Surgery, Laser,Vaporization, Laser,Laser Ablation,Laser Knives,Laser Photoablation of Tissue,Laser Surgery,Laser Tissue Ablation,Nonablative Laser Treatment,Pulsed Laser Tissue Ablation,Ablation, Laser,Ablation, Laser Tissue,Knife, Laser,Knifes, Laser,Knive, Laser,Knives, Laser,Laser Knifes,Laser Knive,Laser Scalpels,Laser Surgeries,Laser Therapies,Laser Treatment, Nonablative,Laser Treatments, Nonablative,Laser Vaporization,Nonablative Laser Treatments,Scalpel, Laser,Scalpels, Laser,Surgeries, Laser,Therapies, Laser,Therapy, Laser,Tissue Ablation, Laser

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