Endoscopic laser treatment

Endoscopic CO2 laser treatment of supraglottic carcinoma.

Aim of the study was to evaluate whether laser endoscopic microsurgery is a reliable and appropriate approach to treatment of laryngeal supraglottic cancer. A retrospective study was made of 12 patients (11 M/1 F; mean age 62.5 years) treated from December 1995 to October 2001 in the Department of Surgical Sciences and Organ Transplantations, Section of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Caglia...

Endoscopic Laser Treatment of Dieulafoy’s Lesion

Endoscopic Laser Treatment for Pediatric Nasal Allergy

We have used the carbon dioxide (CO(2)) laser and the gallium aluminium arsenide (GaAlAs) diode laser with flexible fiber delivery instruments for vaporization of the inferior nasal turbinate in pediatric patients since 1993. Under endoscopic control, the whole inferior turbinate was vaporized by 5-10 W laser output delivered via an optical fiber. Generally, the nasal mucosa changes into normal...

Endoscopic Nd : YAG laser treatment ofrectosigmoid cancer

Forty nine patients with rectosigmoid carcinoma considered unsuitable for surgery underwent endoscopic Nd:YAG laser treatment for paliiation of symptoms and tumour eradication, if feasible. Altogether 25 (51%) of the lesions had distal margins less than 7 cm from the anus and 36 (73%) extended above the peritoneal reflection. In seven patients with tumours less than 3 cm in diameter, symptomati...

Endoscopic holmium laser treatment for ureterolithiasis

INTRODUCTION The rapid development and invention of ever more technologically advanced ureterorenoscopes as well as other instruments used in fragmenting ureteral stones have made the traditional surgical treatment of ureterolithiasis very rare. MATERIAL AND METHODS We investigated 727 patients treated for ureterolithiasis. 769 ureteroscopic lithotripsies (URSL) with the holmium laser were pe...