title: [Palliative treatment of rectal and sigmoid cancer with Nd-YAG laser].
abstract: Nd-YAG laser treatment was employed as palliative treatment in 47 patients with colorectal cancer. Thirty-eight patients (81%) experienced good symptomatic effect from the treatment. Four complications occurred: three cases of perforation and one case of moderate bleeding. There was no mortality. It is concluded that laser treatment is a good palliative method in patients with colorectal cancer, especially in elderly patients with complicating diseases and in patients with local recurrence or symptoms from nonresected tumours.
authors.affiliation: Kirurgisk afdeling F, Bispebjerg Hospital, København.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schulze
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Lyng
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lindahl
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods*; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D012811:Sigmoid Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*