Ultraviolet laser Al'mitsin-2 in treatment of fiber-cavernous lung turberculosis

A. M. Prochorov; Genadi P. Kuz'min; A. V. Kisletsov; Valery P. Zakharov; V. G. Dobkin

doi:10.1117/12.353125

14 July 1999 Ultraviolet laser Al'mitsin-2 in treatment of fiber-cavernous lung turberculosis

A. M. Prochorov, Genadi P. Kuz'min, A. V. Kisletsov, Valery P. Zakharov, V. G. Dobkin

Proceedings Volume 3829, ALT'98 Selected Papers on Novel Laser Methods in Medicine and Biology; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.353125
Event: Selected Papers from Seventh International Conference on Advanced Laser Technologies (ALT'98): Laser Methods in Medicine and Biology, 1998, Tallin, Estonia

Abstract

The new method of treatment for destructive lung tuberculosis described in this work actually represents a modification a puncture or drainage technique used to have a local action on the tubercular cavern supplemented by an additional treatment with UV laser radiation. Medical laser 'Al mitsin-2' has next parameters: average radiation pover- 20 mW, pulse duration-6 ns, design- monoblok, beam extraction-fiber waveguide, readiness time-3 min, exposure time-0,1-99, 9 min, lifetime-5000 h, dimensions-240 X 330 X 440 mm, mass-27 kg. Among destructive tuberculosis patients 14,0 percent were discharged from the hospital with complete clinical effect without surgery, 42,1 percent patients underwent surgery, 21,1 percent of the patients were discharged with obvious improvement without surgery because they refused surgery and 22,8 percent of patients were contradicted due to a progress of destructive tuberculosis of lungs and severe accompanying diseases. Evaluating the overall results of the treatment using laser endocavital irradiation method for patients with destructive lung tuberculosis we consider this approach effective both for the improvement of the basic course of chemotherapy and stabilization of tuberculosis progressing in per-surgery period of treatment.

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A. M. Prochorov, Genadi P. Kuz'min, A. V. Kisletsov, Valery P. Zakharov, and V. G. Dobkin "Ultraviolet laser Al'mitsin-2 in treatment of fiber-cavernous lung turberculosis", Proc. SPIE 3829, ALT'98 Selected Papers on Novel Laser Methods in Medicine and Biology, (14 July 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.353125

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