PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Sung-Jin Nam
AU  - Hyoung Shin Lee
AU  - Sung Won Kim
AU  - Tae-Won Jang
AU  - Mann-Hong Jung
AU  - Chul-Ho Oak
AU  - Kang Dae Lee
TI  - Concurrent LASER-cryoablation for treatment of recurrent respiratory papillomatosis
DP  - 2014 Sep 01
TA  - European Respiratory Journal
PG  - P698
VI  - 44
IP  - Suppl 58
4099  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/44/Suppl_58/P698.short
4100  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/44/Suppl_58/P698.full
SO  - Eur Respir J2014 Sep 01; 44
AB  - Background: A variety of treatment modalities are currently used to treat recurrent respiratory papillomatosis. We aimed to study the efficacy of combination of LASER and cryoablation for the treatment of recurrent respiratory papillomatosis(RRP), by comparing treatment intervals for concurrent LASER-cryoablation and CO2 LASER vaporizationMethod: Retrospective case series of adult patients with RRPResults: Four patients who had been treated for at least two years by CO2 LASER vaporization subsequently underwent treatment with LASER-cryoablation.View this table:Table 1. Patient DemographicsView this table:Table 2. Characteristics of ProcedureConcurrent LASER-cryoablation resulted in longer periods between interventions, compared with CO2 LASER (p = 0.03)Conclusion: Concurrent LASER-cryoablation appears to be an attractive alternative technique to CO2 LASER for the treatment of RRP.