[Effectiveness of various therapeutic schemes for patients with radiation edema of the extremities]. / Effektivnost' raznykh skhem terapii bol'nykh s luchevymi otekami konechnostei.

The efficacy of various therapeutic schemes: medicinal (basic therapy--BT), acupuncture (AP) and laser therapy (LT) against a background of basic therapy--was assessed and compared in 36 patients with radiation limb edema. It was established that a degree of a decrease in edemas, the improvement of indices of rheovasography grew in the following order: BT----AP----LT. The recovery of the lymph flow and immunological indices were the same in all therapeutic schemes.

[Treatment of late radiation-induced skin ulcers with laser radiation]. / Lechenie pozdnikh luchevykh iazv kozhi lazernym izlucheniem.

The authors presented the results of laser stimulation of reparation processes in 25 patients with late radiation skin ulcers. Short-term therapeutic results turned out to be favorable in 18 (72%) patients, a complete cicatrization of ulcers was observed in 9 patients, significant improvement in 9.