title: Treatment of non-neoplastic stenoses with the neodymium-YAG laser--indications and limitations.
abstract: Since July, 1983, 26 symptomatic, non-neoplastic stenoses have been treated with Nd:YAG laser coagulation. In 22 cases, the treatment was definitively successful. The patients' symptoms were eliminated, and surgery was obviated. Two patients are still undergoing treatment. The average follow-up time was approximately 1 year.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D004940:Esophageal Stenosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000601:surgery*; D053685:Laser Therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009354:Neodymium; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D015019:Yttrium
chemical_list: D009354:Neodymium; D015019:Yttrium