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Clinical application of the Nd:YAG laser endoscopy
Author(s) -
Sasako Mitsuru,
Iwasaki Masaru,
Konishi Toshiro,
Maruyama Yuji,
Wada Tatsuo
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
lasers in surgery and medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.888
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1096-9101
pISSN - 0196-8092
DOI - 10.1002/lsm.1900020203
Subject(s) - medicine , hemostasis , endoscopy , nd:yag laser , stenosis , laser therapy , gastrointestinal tract , stomach , endoscopic treatment , laser , surgery , laser treatment , radiology , gastroenterology , physics , optics
We report here our clinical experiences with Nd:YAG laser therapy, and evaluate the results of this treatment. From July 1980 to December 1981, we carried out endoscopic laser treatment for 31 patients with 33 lesions. Bleeding gastric ulcers except stomal ulcers were treated successfully. For mucosal lesions of the stomach, Nd:YAG laser irradiation was effective in extirpating them. In advanced gastric cancers, symptoms of cardiac stenosis could be relieved in 80% of the cases. Endoscopic laser therapy was also effective in 80% of postoperative stenosis in the gastrointestinal tract. It is concluded that endoscopic irradiation with the Nd:YAG laser is useful for hemostasis and also for the treatment of malignant tumors and stenosis of the gastrointestinal tract.