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New Technology

Invited Commentary

Section of Thoracic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Florida, 2950 Cleveland Clinic Blvd, Weston, FL 33331

(Email: mortmak@ccf.org).

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Various methods of palliating endotracheal and endobronchial tumors are currently practiced. These include mechanical débridement, balloon dilatation, cautery, neodymium-doped yttrium aluminium garnet (Nd-YAG) laser, photodynamic therapy, and stent insertion, to name a few. In this article, Karakoca and colleagues [1] describe their use of a new "resector balloon" consisting of a balloon covered with polyurethane fibers in a hexagonal . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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