title: [Endoscopic use of the neodymium YAG laser in the upper and lower gastrointestinal tract].
abstract: Endoscopic neodymium-YAG laser therapy for the gastrointestinal tract has been proved since 1975. Mortality and time of convalescence of patients treated with laser for acute or potential bleeding lesions have been markedly reduced in contrast to surgery. Sessile neoplastic polyps can be removed endoscopically by laser. Laser recanalization of obstructed carcinoma or scars in the upper and lower gastrointestinal tract to relieve dysphagia or ileus improves the patient's quality of life and has benefits for subsequent operations.
authors.affiliation: Stadtkrankenhaus Traunstein--Akademisches Lehrkrankenhaus Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kiefhaber
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Huber
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kiefhaber
mesh_terms: D003111:Colonic Polyps / Q000601:surgery; D020776:Endoscopes, Gastrointestinal; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000601:surgery*; D005770:Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation*
vernacular_title: Der endoskopische Einsatz des Neodym-YAG Lasers im oberen und unteren Gastrointestinaltrakt.