title: [The CO2 laser in the surgical treatment of suppurative processes in the lungs].
abstract: Operations were carried out on 58 patients with suppurative processes in the lungs. The authors worked out a method of thoracotomy by means of a laser with layer-by-layer division of the muscles during compression with special clamps, as well as a method of economical resection consisting in cutting the pulmonary tissue with a laser scalpel, electrocoagulation of small vessels, and stitching through the large vessels and bronchi with a suturing instrument. The use of a CO2 laser in operations for suppurative processes in the lungs makes it possible to conduct economical operations and reduce the number of complications.
authors.forename: E I
authors.initials: EI
authors.lastname: Brekhov
authors.forename: L N
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Sidarenko
authors.forename: A Iu
authors.initials: AIu
authors.lastname: Sadov
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D013492:Suppuration / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: CO2-lazer v khirurgicheskom lechenii nagnoitel'nykh protsessov v legkikh.