title: [Laser therapy of esophageal tumors. Technical notes and personal experience].
abstract: In Italy the incidence of oesophageal cancer is very low: 4 cases every 100,000. More than 60% of patients are observed with dysphagia and oesophageal stenosis. For these patients their is no surgical indication and prognosis is less than 1 year. We have applied the recanalization of oesophagus with laser in 137 patients (range 47-88 years). One year survival was 53.1%, three years 5.8%. The aim of this paper is to describe our techniques and analyze 5 years of activity.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Chirurgia Generale, Azienda Ospedaliera di Bormio e Sondala Sondrio.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Spelzini
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pansoni
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Trimarchi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Caputo
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Taliente
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Trinca Colonel
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Moscato
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mazieri
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Urso
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000601:surgery; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome
vernacular_title: Il trattamento dei tumori esofagei con laser. Note di tecnica ed esperienza personale.