title: [Endobronchial laser therapy in the surgery of pulmonary tuberculosis].
abstract: Endobronchial helium-neon laser therapy was used in 80 patients to undergo surgical intervention. For evaluation of the efficiency of laser therapy, the patients were divided into 2 groups: 1) 50 patients with chronic destructive pulmonary tuberculosis and 2) 30 with postoperative bronchopulmonary complications. A control group included 80 patients with the similar processes. Laser therapy used Group 1 patients expanded indications for surgical intervention. The resections of the lung made in led to postoperative complications in 32% of Group 1 patients and in 63% of the controls. Laser therapy in Group 2 patients promotes sanitation of the bronchial tree by enhancing the efficiency of reoperations by 18% than in the control group.
authors.forename: F F
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Agaev
mesh_terms: D001999:Bronchoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000532:radiotherapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery