[Helium-neon laser irradiation in combined treatment of children with suppurative diseases of the lungs and pleura]. / Gelii-neonovoe lazernoe izluchenie v kompleksnom lechenii detei s gnoinymi zabolevaniiami legkikh i plevry.

The article discusses the results of treatment of acute ischemia of the pleura in 60 children with the use of intracavitary laser therapy. The empyema cavity was irradiated through a quartz flexible monocrystal light guide. The authors studied the effect of helium-neon laser beam on the empyema microflora, the condition of immunity, and the specific features of the clinical course of acute empyema of the pleura. Treatment by helium-neon laser radiation promotes rapid closure of bronchopleural fistulas, reduces the period of treatment, causes an immunocorrection effect, and does not exert a bactericidal effect on the flora.

[Laser sanitation of pleural empyema in patients with cancer of the lungs]. / Lazernaia sanatsiia émpiemy plevry u bo'lnykh rakom legkogo.

The work shows a possibility to use copper steam laser irradiation for treatment of postoperative pleura empyema in patients with lung cancer. Good effects of sanitation were obtained in 27 of 28 patients: 12 patients were cured, the rest of the patients had 6-8 months long remission.