title: [Photodynamic therapy. The fields of applications and prospects for the further development in otorhinolaryngology].
abstract: This article presents a review of the modern specialized medical literature concerned with the applications of photodynamic therapy (PDT) in otorhinolaryngology and medicine at large. The necessity of such a review of the available possibilities provided by PDT is dictated by the ever increasing interest of otorhinolaryngologists and specialists of other medical disciplines in the use of this method for the treatment of tumours and inflammatory diseases as well as their pyogenic complications. The author offers the critical assessment of the experience gained with the application of the known PDT technologies for the management of various pathological conditions. Especially much attention is given to the treatment of acute and chronic inflammation in the otorhinolaryngological practice with special reference to the yet unresolved problems.
authors.affiliation: Kafedra otorinolaringologii lechebnogo fakul'teta Rossijskogo natsional'nogo issledovatel'skogo meditsinskogo universiteta im. N.I. Pirogova, Moskva, Rossija, 117997.
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Lapchenko
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D010036:Otolaryngology / Q000379:methods*; D010038:Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010778:Photochemotherapy / Q000639:trends*