Abstract | PURPOSE OF REVIEW: RECENT FINDINGS: There are substantial cost savings (US$5000) and patient comfort when in- office surgery is performed with the pulsed dye laser. The pulsed dye laser can be used in the office and operating room to activate aminolevulinic acid for photodynamic treatment of recalcitrant laryngeal keratosis, with long-term eradication of keratosis without the prolonged photosensitivity of previous photodynamic agents. The site of the cleavage plane created in the true vocal fold mucosa has now been elucidated. SUMMARY:
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Authors | Ramon A Franco Jr |
Journal | Current opinion in otolaryngology & head and neck surgery
(Curr Opin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg)
Vol. 15
Issue 6
Pg. 387-93
(Dec 2007)
ISSN: 1068-9508 [Print] United States |
PMID | 17986876
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Review)
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Chemical References |
- Photosensitizing Agents
- Aminolevulinic Acid
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Topics |
- Ambulatory Surgical Procedures
(economics)
- Aminolevulinic Acid
(therapeutic use)
- Cost Savings
- Humans
- Laryngeal Diseases
(surgery)
- Larynx
(surgery)
- Lasers, Dye
(therapeutic use)
- Photochemotherapy
- Photosensitizing Agents
(therapeutic use)
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