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[Laser therapy of esophageal tumors. Technical notes and personal experience]
P A Spelzini1, C Pansoni, L Trimarchi
1Divisione di Chirurgia Generale, Azienda Ospedaliera di Bormio e Sondala Sondrio.
Minerva Chirurgica
|January 1, 1997
Abstract:
In Italy the incidence of oesophageal cancer is very low: 4 cases every 100,000. More than 60% of patients are observed with dysphagia and oesophageal stenosis. For these patients their is no surgical indication and prognosis is less than 1 year. We have applied the recanalization of oesophagus with laser in 137 patients (range 47-88 years). One year survival was 53.1%, three years 5.8%. The aim of this paper is to describe our techniques and analyze 5 years of activity.