[Endoscopic Nd-YAG laser treatment in lung cancer]

Authors have treated a total of 199 cases consisting of 92 lung cancer cases, 14 primary tracheal cancer, 50 metastatic airway lesions and 43 benign airway lesions. In 167 of which effective results were obtained. Out of 92 effective results were obtained in 73, 79% in lung cancer cases. Out of 30 emergency cases in which the procedure was performed to widen the airway, effective results were obtained in 29. It was also effective in 35 of 48 cases in which the procedure was performed for staged (palliative) widening of airway. In 9 of 13 cases in which the procedure was performed for curative vaporization of cancer invasion and 1 of 2 cases in which procedure was performed for hemostasis, successful results were obtained.