[Characteristics of wound process after high-energy laser debridement and enzyme treatment]

The results of ++clinico-bacterial examination of 168 patients provide evidence for the efficacy of CO2-laser treatment of a purulent wound; it reduces contamination of the tissues, 1,000-10,000-fold as a result of which surgical debridement of the purulent wound is completed in most cases by the application of a primary suture. The use of immobilized proteolytic enzymes in the postoperative period facilitates further cleansing of the wound, prevents the development of secondary infection, accelerates the change of the wound process to the phase of regeneration, promotes an uneventful postoperative course and healing of the wound within a lesser period as compared to the control group.