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  • Title: Nd:YAG laser bronchoscopy. The first two successful cases in Puerto Rico.
    Author: Menéndez AJ, García LA.
    Journal: Bol Asoc Med P R; 1991 Oct; 83(10):448-50. PubMed ID: 1665064.
    Abstract:
    Two patients underwent bronchoscopic laser photoresection of tumors in the tracheobronchial tree with no mortality or significant morbidity. One patient had an adenoid cystic carcinoma of the trachea and the other a pleomorphic adenoma of left main stem bronchus. These were the first two cases performed in Puerto Rico at San Pablo Medical Center. Both patients are symptomless at this time. We can conclude that laser is a safe and cost effective alternative in experienced hands to other procedures in properly selected patients with tumors of tracheobronchial tree in Puerto Rico.
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