[Treatment of trophic ulcers of the lower extremities in elderly patients].

The article analyses the results of treatment of trophic ulcers of the lower extremities consequent upon chronic venous insufficiency in 199 elderly patients. Concomitant diseases were encountered in 82% of patients, which called for a differential approach to the choice of the method of treatment. Combined laser therapy in the system of complex treatment in 83 patients proved to be highly effective.

[Co2 laser treatment of epithelial passages and cysts of the coccyx].

The article analyses treatment of 312 patients among which 156 were treated with the use of a CO2 laser and 156 by the traditional method. Study of the results showed that with the use of the CO2 laser the duration of in-patient treatment after radical operation was reduced by 5 days and out-patient rehabilitation by 13 days. the number of postoperative complications reduced considerably, single-stage radical operation could be carried out in the acute period of the disease, an operation for excision of a suppurating cyst could be completed by applying primary sutures with complete closure of the wound in 71.

[Experience in the use of laser instruments in surgery of the anorectal region].

The article discusses experience in surgical treatment of 480 patients with the most common diseases of the anorectal region (acute and chronic haemorrhoids, acute and chronic paraproctitis, polyps, chronic fissures of the anal canal) in which special laser tools were used. The carbonic acid laser Skalpel-1 with a wave length of 10.6 microns and power of 30 W was used as the source of laser radiation.