[REGIONAL LASER THERAPY IN TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH STRANGULATED VENTRAL HERNIA].

An analysis of treatment was made of 265 patients with strangulated hernia of the anterior abdominal wall. The patients were divided into main group (n = 138) and control group n = 127). Nonstrain and conventional methods of hernioplasty and low-intensive laser radiation (LILR) were used for the patients of the first group.