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Probe-based Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy of the Urinary Tract: The Technique
Published on: January 10, 2013
[Current use of lasers in gastroenterology]
1Medizinische Klinik I mit Poliklinik der FAU, Erlangen-Nürnberg.
Abstract:
The main indications for laser therapy in the gastrointestinal tract are inoperable tumors of the esophagus, cardia and the recto-sigmoid. Exophytic tumors with a maximum length of the tumor stenoses between 5 and 7 cm are the best candidates for laser treatment. In gastroenterological stone centers, the laser-induced intracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy is now established. The sophisticated principle of the so-called photodynamic therapy is still in an experimental stage. Photodynamic therapy offers the option of curative therapy in small malignant or premalignant (Barrett esophagus with severe dysplasia) lesions.
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