title: [Aerosolotherapy as one of the supporting methods of treatment of patients with head and neck tumors].
abstract: In our paper distinctive features of aerosol-drugs and the types of inhalers are presented. The authors indicate the possibility of aerosolotherapy as one of the supporting methods of treatment of patients with head and neck tumors: pracancerous states of the larynx (pachydermy, leucoplaky); states after laser CO2--surgery of tumour T1 of the larynx; states after surgical treatment widening true glottis narrowed by the paresis of nerve recur caused the tumour of thyroid gland or neighbouring structures; states after total laryngectomy; states in the course of or after complementary radiotherapy after surgical treatment head and neck tumour. On the basis of studied cases, which were treated with aerosol-drugs in Aerosolotherapy Unit, Department of Otolaryngology Karol Marcinkowski University of Medical Sciences in Poznań (Poland) in 1992-1998 years usefulness of this method in the states mentioned has been proved.
authors.affiliation: Klinika Otolaryngologii AM w Poznaniu.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Laczkowska-Przybylska
mesh_terms: D000280:Administration, Inhalation; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000336:Aerosols / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011230:Precancerous Conditions / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000601:surgery*
chemical_list: D000336:Aerosols