[Laser therapy of esophageal tumors. Technical notes and personal experience].
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.
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Divisione di Chirurgia Generale, Azienda Ospedaliera di Bormio e Sondala Sondrio.
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Trimarchi
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Taliente
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Trinca Colonel
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Mazieri
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Urso
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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
Il trattamento dei tumori esofagei con laser. Note di tecnica ed esperienza personale.