[Use of carbon dioxide laser in the treatment of acute lactation mastitis].
A total of 155 women with acute lactation mastitis were followed up. The patients were divided into 3 groups: Group 1 included 53 patients in whom purulent wounds were treated with CO2 laser followed by primary and primary-delayed sutures; Group 2-52 patients were treated with primary-delayed sutures without laser therapy; Group 3-50 women were treated by the traditional open method. In 50 (94.3%) Group 1 patients the wounds healed by primary tension with the mean bed-day being 9.6. In Group 2 primary healing was achieved in 46 (88.4%) patients, with the mean bed-day being 11.8. In Group 3 patients the mean bed-day made up 8.2. The wounds healed by secondary tension on days 28-34 after surgery followed by outpatient treatment.
Dotsenko
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Chinchenko
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Khodos
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007774:Lactation; D053685:Laser Therapy; D008413:Mastitis / Q000601:surgery*; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011247:Pregnancy; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000601:surgery*; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014945:Wound Healing
D002245:Carbon Dioxide
Ispo'lzovanie uglekislotnogo lazera v lechenii ostrogo laktatsion- nogo mastita.