1. [Helium-neon laser irradiation in combined treatment of children with suppurative diseases of the lungs and pleura].
- Author
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Tsuman VG, Shcherbina VI, Egorkina DA, Ivanenko GV, Laprun IB, Mashkov AE, and Duriagin DS
- Subjects
- Adolescent, Bronchial Fistula radiotherapy, Child, Child, Preschool, Empyema radiotherapy, Humans, Infant, Infant, Newborn, Lung Abscess radiotherapy, Lung Diseases immunology, Male, Pleural Diseases immunology, Pneumonia radiotherapy, Pneumothorax radiotherapy, Radiotherapy Dosage, Suppuration, Laser Therapy, Lung Diseases radiotherapy, Pleural Diseases radiotherapy
- Abstract
The article discusses the results of treatment of acute ischemia of the pleura in 60 children with the use of intracavitary laser therapy. The empyema cavity was irradiated through a quartz flexible monocrystal light guide. The authors studied the effect of helium-neon laser beam on the empyema microflora, the condition of immunity, and the specific features of the clinical course of acute empyema of the pleura. Treatment by helium-neon laser radiation promotes rapid closure of bronchopleural fistulas, reduces the period of treatment, causes an immunocorrection effect, and does not exert a bactericidal effect on the flora.
- Published
- 1991