[Prospects for the use of antimicrobial photodynamic therapy in otorhinolaryngology].

The article is devoted to the analysis of the literature on the use of antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT) in otorhinolaryngology. The relevance is due to the high interest of doctors, medicine and science in the use of the method in the treatment of acute inflammatory diseases and their purulent complications in ENT practice. The work critically assesses the experience of using known methods of aPDT in the treatment of various inflammatory ENT pathologies.

[Antimicrobial anti-inflammatory photodynamic and light-emitting-diode phototherapy of the consequences of the gunshot and mine-blast injury to the face, head, and neck including damage to the ENT organs].

The objective of the present study was the enhancement of the effectiveness of the treatment of the consequences of the gunshot wounds and mine-blast injuries inflicted to the face, head, and neck encountered in the otolaryngological practice as well as the prevention of the formation of the large demarcation areas in the injured tissues and the preparation of these tissues for the further restorative treatment. Anti-microbial and anti-inflammatory photodynamic therapy (PDT) as well as light-emitting-diode (LED) phototherapy were carried out in 20 patients who suffered gunshot wounds and mine-blast injuries to the face, head, and neck. The photodynamic therapy was performed with the use of an aqueous solution of methylene blue at a concentration of 0.

[The history of organization of the research laboratories based at the Department of Otorhinolaryngology of the Faculty of General Medicine].

This article was designed to describe the history of the establishment and development of the research divisions based at the Department of Otorhinolaryngology of the Faculty of General Medicine, N.I. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, including laser, vestibulogical, and audiological laboratories.

[Modern approaches to antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory photodynamic therapy in otorhinolaryngology].

The objective of the present study was to analyse the currently available methods and possibilities for antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (PDT) in medicine with special reference to otorhinolaryngology. The results of the treatment of 300 patients with various suppurative ENT pathologies using antimicrobial PDT were subjected to the analysis. It made it possible to elucidate the mechanisms and parameters of photodynamic treatment and to reveal disadvantages of the modern methods of antimicrobial photodynamic therapy.