Malignant esophageal obstruction in 24 patients was treated using the neodymium:ytrium, aluminum, garnet laser. There were 15 males and nine females; the average age was 70.9 years. There were 17 adenocarcinomas and seven squamous cell carcinomas, with two of these being recurrent after radiation th
New laser technique for the treatment of malignant esophageal obstruction
β Scribed by Joseph J. Pietrafitta; Richard M. Dwyer
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1987
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 461 KB
- Volume
- 35
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-4790
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