Bronchoscopic Nd:YAG laser interventional technology for airway obstruction of lung cancer

    WEI Xiaoª²Hong, LIU Xiª²Qun, WANG Li, MA Chunª²Ling

    1Department of Respiratory Medicine, 2Department of Plastic and Laser Medicine, First Hospital, Xi¡¯an Jiaotong University, Xi¡¯an 710061, China

    ¡¾Abstract¡¿ AIM: To evaluate the curative effects on bronchoscopic airway obstruction of lung cancer by Nd:YAG laser interventional technology. METHODS: Thirtyª²one patients with primary bronchogenic carcinoma were treated by Nd:YAG laser interventional technology for different times. RESULTS: It was found that the curative effects on squamous cell carcinoma in the near future were better than those on other pathologic types, on hypovascular lung cancer were superior to those on hypervascular cancer, on carcinomas in larger airways were better than those on carcinomas in smaller airway, and the effects of multiple treatment were better than those of one treatment. The curative effects in the near future were not associated with the clinical stages. CONCLUSION: The treatment of airway obstruction of lung cancer by bronchoscopic Nd:YAG laser interventional technology is effective. The pathologic types, clinical stages, locations, surface characteristics of carcinoma and frequency of therapy may influence the curative effects. ......