Endoscopic Yag laser therapy in a community hospital.
Our early experience would indicate that in a community hospital the presence of a Yag laser in the hands of an experienced endoscopist can contribute: to alleviate symptoms of esophageal carcinoma, to control bleeding and obstructive manifestations of colorectal neoplasms, and perhaps to remove entirely certain villous adenomas of the colon.
D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000601:surgery; D005770:Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D006764:Hospitals, Community; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery