title: [Use of carbon dioxide laser in the surgery of pulmonary tuberculosis].
abstract: Results of 120 operations for pulmonary tuberculosis performed by using a carbon dioxide laser were analyzed. Eighty patients were subjected to saving resection of the lung. Lobectomy, pulmonectomy and pulmonary cystorhaphy were carried out in 15, 6 and 8 patients, respectively. Thoracoplasty with myoplasty of the residual pleural cavity was applied to 11 patients. The early results of the surgical treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis in all the patients were satisfactory.
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Kariev
authors.forename: Sh T
authors.initials: ShT
authors.lastname: Aliev
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014375:Tuberculoma / Q000601:surgery*; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Primenenie uglekislotnogo lazera v khirurgii tuberkuleza legkikh.