[The complications of laser surgery for the treatment of chronic vasomotor rhinitis].

The objective of the present study was to reveal cases of complications developing after laser coagulation of inferior turbinated bones. This treatment was given to 322 patients presenting with vasomotor rhinitis. A surgical ND:YAG laser with a quartz light guide 400 mcm in diameter was used for the purpose. In the majority of the cases, a single irradiation session produced a persistent positive effect, both functional and morphological. At the same time, two patients developed an unusual complication in the form of osteomyelitis of an inferior turbinated bone with its sequestration.

[Lectin-reactive immune complexes in plasma in ENT diseases]. / Lektin-reaktivnye immunnye kompleksy v plazme krovi pri LOR-zabolevaniiakh.

The content of circulating immune complexes (IC) interacting with plant lectins from Canavalia ensiformis (Con A), phaseolus vulgaris (PHA) and wheat germ (WGA) was examined in blood plasma of healthy donors and patients with ENT diseases (n = 36). It was found that the level of PHA- and WGA-reactive IC in patients with laryngeal carcinoma was significantly higher than in control, whereas only the level of WGA-reactive IC was elevated in patients with scleroma. The level of ConA-reactive IC was statistically uniform in control and both ENT diseases.