title: [Co2 laser treatment of epithelial passages and cysts of the coccyx].
abstract: The article analyses treatment of 312 patients among which 156 were treated with the use of a CO2 laser and 156 by the traditional method. Study of the results showed that with the use of the CO2 laser the duration of in-patient treatment after radical operation was reduced by 5 days and out-patient rehabilitation by 13 days. the number of postoperative complications reduced considerably, single-stage radical operation could be carried out in the acute period of the disease, an operation for excision of a suppurating cyst could be completed by applying primary sutures with complete closure of the wound in 71.7% of cases, and that a recurrence of the disease could be prevented. Wide introduction of CO2 laser in surgical treatment of epithelial passages and cysts of the coccyx is recommended.
authors.forename: O K
authors.initials: OK
authors.lastname: Skobelkin
authors.forename: P I
authors.initials: PI
authors.lastname: Tolstykh
authors.forename: A I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Efendiev
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Derbenev
authors.forename: V G
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Sten'ko
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003560:Cysts / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence; D012445:Sacrococcygeal Region
vernacular_title: Lechenie épitelial'nykh khodov i kist kopchika s primeneniem Co2-lazera.