[Immediate relief in malignant respiratory tract neoplasms by endoscopic neodymium-YAG laser treatment].
Primary and secondary malignant tumours in the central airways can cause obstruction or chronic haemoptyses. Conventional forms of treatment are insufficient. Bronchoscopic Neodymium-YAG laser treatment, hitherto unused in Sweden, can give immediate palliation, Indications and contraindications are given, and the first fourteen patients treated are presented.
Karlsson
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Lindén
C J
CJ
Elner
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Algotsson
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D000368:Aged; D020680:Bronchoscopes; D005260:Female; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009354:Neodymium / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010166:Palliative Care
D009354:Neodymium
Omedelbar lindring vid maligna tumörer i luftvägarna med endoskopisk neodym-YAG-laserbehandling.