Thoracoscopic neodymium: yttrium-aluminum garnet laser-assisted pulmonary resection.
The recent explosion of interest in surgical endoscopic techniques has revived the application of an old thoracic surgical procedure--thoracoscopy. We report a case of a transthoracoscopic neodymium: yttrium-aluminum garnet laser resection of a limited-stage peripheral adenocarcinoma of the lung accomplished in an elderly man with serious chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Landreneau
R J
RJ
Section of Thoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213.
Herlan
D B
DB
Johnson
J A
JA
Boley
T M
TM
Nawarawong
W
W
Ferson
P F
PF
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000601:surgery*; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy; D008168:Lung / Q000601:surgery*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D013906:Thoracoscopy