[Endoscopic laser surgery in laryngeal stenoses]. 1997

I Serafini
Divisione Otorinolaringologica, Ospedale di Vittorio Veneto.

The use of CO2 laser beam is quite common in the treatment of laryngeal stenosis, but it also has precise limits. In general, endoscopic laser surgery has possibilities of success only in stenosis resulting from non-circumferential soft tissue involvement the depth of which is less than one centimeter; in more complex forms of stenosis, with cartilagoneous involvement, endoscopic laser treatment is rarely successful. Laser surgery efficacy varies in this condition: results are better in treatment of post-traumatic and post-surgical stenosis, while the outcome is definitely worse in stenosis resulting from radiotherapy and ingestion of corrosive agents. Laser surgery efficacy varies according to the site of lesion: the results are generally good in the supraglottis, variable at the level of the glottis and very poor in the subglottis.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007829 Laryngostenosis Developmental or acquired stricture or narrowing of the LARYNX. Symptoms of respiratory difficulty depend on the degree of laryngeal narrowing. Laryngeal Stenosis,Acquired Laryngeal Stenosis,Acquired Subglottic Stenosis,Congenital Subglottic Stenosis,Acquired Laryngeal Stenoses,Acquired Subglottic Stenoses,Congenital Subglottic Stenoses,Laryngeal Stenoses,Laryngeal Stenoses, Acquired,Laryngeal Stenosis, Acquired,Laryngostenoses,Stenoses, Acquired Laryngeal,Stenoses, Acquired Subglottic,Stenoses, Congenital Subglottic,Stenoses, Laryngeal,Stenosis, Acquired Laryngeal,Stenosis, Acquired Subglottic,Stenosis, Congenital Subglottic,Stenosis, Laryngeal,Subglottic Stenoses, Acquired,Subglottic Stenoses, Congenital,Subglottic Stenosis, Acquired,Subglottic Stenosis, Congenital
D004724 Endoscopy Procedures of applying ENDOSCOPES for disease diagnosis and treatment. Endoscopy involves passing an optical instrument through a small incision in the skin i.e., percutaneous; or through a natural orifice and along natural body pathways such as the digestive tract; and/or through an incision in the wall of a tubular structure or organ, i.e. transluminal, to examine or perform surgery on the interior parts of the body. Endoscopic Surgical Procedures,Surgical Procedures, Endoscopic,Endoscopic Surgical Procedure,Endoscopy, Surgical,Surgical Endoscopy,Surgical Procedure, Endoscopic,Procedure, Endoscopic Surgical,Procedures, Endoscopic Surgical
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
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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