Nd:YAG/KTP 532 lasers were aplied in surgical resection of upper aerodigestive tract tumours i.e. intra oral, oropharyngeal, intranasal, paranasal, nasopharyngeal tumours. The lasers were used to assist in primary tumours resection with coagulation of tumour bed, ablation, and evaporation of tumour lesions. The lasers were delivered through direct or open surgery and/or by endoscopy. Controls were done through telescopic or microscopic monitor. The tumours were intranasal polyps, intranasal myxoma, intranasal, and paranasal fibromyxoma, olfactory neuroblastoma, nasopharyngeal carcinoma, palatal adenoid cystic carcinoma, and squamous cell carcinoma, tonsillar malignant lymphoma, nasopharyngeal angiofibroma, and rhabdomyosarcoma.
Video recording of laser ablation in a persistent nasopharyngeal carcinoma will be presented. In our opinion, Nd:YAG/KTP 532 lasers were useful adjunct in the control of primary tumours and for palliative debulking of tumours to maintain patient's quality of life.
Keywords: Nd:YAG/KTP 532 laser, upper aerodigestive tract tumours
* Paper presented at The Shanghai International Conference in Laser Medicine and Surgery, November 4-6, 1997, Shanghai, China
Copyright to L.S. Handikin, M.D., FASLMS, FIPA
(any kind of reproduction on this paper should strictly be done under the permission of the author)
Video recording of laser ablation in a persistent nasopharyngeal carcinoma will be presented. In our opinion, Nd:YAG/KTP 532 lasers were useful adjunct in the control of primary tumours and for palliative debulking of tumours to maintain patient's quality of life.
Keywords: Nd:YAG/KTP 532 laser, upper aerodigestive tract tumours
* Paper presented at The Shanghai International Conference in Laser Medicine and Surgery, November 4-6, 1997, Shanghai, China
Copyright to L.S. Handikin, M.D., FASLMS, FIPA
(any kind of reproduction on this paper should strictly be done under the permission of the author)
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