[The efficacy of the use of different types of lasers in the operative treatment of patients with tuberculosis of the lungs].

The efficiency of various types of lasers used in the surgical treatment of patients with tuberculosis and other diseases of the lungs and pleura was evaluated. Surgical (CO2 and YAG) and therapeutic lasers (helium-neon, ultra-violet and semiconductive) were used. The findings demonstrated that use of various lasers in lung surgery enables one to improve preoperative management, reduce the volume and traumatism of surgical interventions, decrease the number of postoperative complications and increase the effectiveness of surgical treatment of patients with tuberculosis and other diseases of the lungs and pleura.