[Endobronchial laser therapy in the surgery of pulmonary tuberculosis]

Endobronchial helium-neon laser therapy was used in 80 patients to undergo surgical intervention. For evaluation of the efficiency of laser therapy, the patients were divided into 2 groups: 1) 50 patients with chronic destructive pulmonary tuberculosis and 2) 30 with postoperative bronchopulmonary complications. A control group included 80 patients with the similar processes. Laser therapy used Group 1 patients expanded indications for surgical intervention. The resections of the lung made in led to postoperative complications in 32% of Group 1 patients and in 63% of the controls. Laser therapy in Group 2 patients promotes sanitation of the bronchial tree by enhancing the efficiency of reoperations by 18% than in the control group.