[The combined treatment of patients with progressive phlegmons of the maxillofacial area]. / Kompleksnoe lechenie bol'nykh progressiruiushchimi flegmonami cheliustno-litsevoi oblasti.

Based on assessment of the severity of endogenous intoxication, the authors developed a complex differentiated protocol for the treatment of patients with phlegmons of the face and neck, including electrochemical detoxication and intravenous laser exposure of the blood. Such treatment appreciably decreases endogenous intoxication, normalizes homeostasis, more rapidly arrests local pyoinflammatory process, and thus cuts down the duration of treatment and improves its outcomes.

[The effect of endogenous intoxication on liver function in patients with phlegmons of the face and neck]. / Vliianie éndogennoi intoksikatsii na sostoianie pecheni u bol'nykh flegmonami litsa i shei.

The function of the liver is assessed in patients with maxillofacial phlegmons suffering from endogenic intoxication of different severity. The most marked changes of the enzymatic activity of the liver were observed in patients with progressive phlegmons and complications thereof (mediastinitis or sepsis) involving endotoxicosis of the second or third degree. The authors come to a conclusion on the functional hepatic failure in patients with phlegmons of the face and neck, which fact should be borne in mind when planning combined therapy of this patient population.