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The Use of Lasers in the Treatment of Cholangiocarcinoma

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Journal Surg Endosc
Publisher Springer
Date 1989 Jan 1
PMID 2554518
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Abstract

Six of seven patients were treated with external beam radiation, iridium-192 internal radiation and neodymium-YAG laser therapy via a percutaneous transhepatic tract for relief of biliary obstruction. After laser therapy, the transhepatic catheters were removed and patients remained tube-free and non-jaundiced for periods ranging from 1 to 20 months.

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