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Since the first endoscopic laser treatment in man in 1975 (1) there have been many anecdotal reports of successful treatment of hemorrhage from lesions of the upper gastrointestinal tract. However, gastrointestinal hemorrhage is often a self limiting condition and true assessment of the value of laser therapy can only come from controlled trials, the first of which was not reported until 1981.
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Bown, S. (1983). Controlled Trails of Laser Therapy in the Treatment of Upper Gastrointestinal Haemorrhage. In: Fleischer, D., Jensen, D., Bright-Asare, P. (eds) Therapeutic Laser Endoscopy in Gastrointestinal Disease. Developments in Gastroenterology, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6723-6_7
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