Abstract
An application of the CO2LASER under fiber optic guide to treat some laryngeal lesions is described. The device consists of a probe and a fiber optic bundle whose diameters are 2.3 and 6 mm, respectively. This assembly enables us to perform the CO2LASER surgery on the larynx under the guide of the fiber optics. Since there is no intubation tube for the general anaesthesia, it is easy to get a wide surgical field at the posterior part of the glottis. Subglottic lesions are also operable by this device inserted through the tracheal stoma.
Using this device, it becomes possible to operate on a patient who is of poor risk to get general anaesthesia and cannot be hospitalized.
