Multiple Choice
Clair Townsend arrived at the endoscopy center 2 days before her scheduled interventional bronchoscopy to receive an injection of a photosensitive intravenous dye that the pulmonologist explained would highlight the dysplastic tissues of her bronchi that were precancerous.He scheduled her for an ablative procedure called photodynamic therapy (PDT) ,where the highlighted tissues would be affected by the laser light that is color-specific for uptake of the dye.Select the laser that would be appropriate to use on this patient during a PDT bronchoscopy.
A) CO₂ laser through a beam splitter
B) KTP laser using a Nd:YAG beam passed through a fiber delivery system
C) Argon beam coagulation with the bronchoscopy handpiece
D) Holmium laser with a short cleaved lithotripsy fiber
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