[Laser sanitation of pleural empyema in patients with cancer of the lungs]. / Lazernaia sanatsiia émpiemy plevry u bo'lnykh rakom legkogo.

The work shows a possibility to use copper steam laser irradiation for treatment of postoperative pleura empyema in patients with lung cancer. Good effects of sanitation were obtained in 27 of 28 patients: 12 patients were cured, the rest of the patients had 6-8 months long remission.