[Helium-neon laser in the complex treatment of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis]

The paper gives the results of helium-neon laser irradiation of the endobronchus used in the combined treatment of 30 patients with newly-diagnosed pulmonary tuberculosis complicated by nonspecific endobronchitis. Inclusion of endobronchial phototherapy and helium-neon laser radiation in the complex treatment of patients with newly diagnosed pulmonary tuberculosis complicated by nonspecific endobronchitis makes it possible to achieve clinical cure of an inflammatory bronchial process by 35% more frequently and over 2-3 times more rapidly than in its absence and to increase treatment efficiency of the main process; the terms of bacillary excretion decrease by 1 month, on the average, closure of destruction cavities (with an increase in the parameter by 17%) by 1.2 months and hospital treatment by 1.2 months, as compared with the respective parameters obtained by the traditional treatment of the similar patients.